Avoiding Infection
May 29, 2006 by kate baggott
Filed under Infancy
Warning: This is another one of thoses posts in which I am really, really honest, mention natural bodily fluids and other gory details of maternity. If you watched your baby’s delivery in the mirror, you can probably take it. If you looked away, you may want to steel yourself.
For the first 6 to 8 weeks after childbirth, you need to protect yourself against infection of the uterus and vaginal canal. That’s why traditional wisdom (apparently the Torah, the Bible, and The Koran all mention this) tells couples not to have sex while the woman is bleeding after childbirth.
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