I could not wear them at all my first cycle (hurt too much) and my second was a little easier and this one easier still....

I as well couldn't wear then for a couple cycles. My flow was just too heavy. It should get better and you should be able to use them again.

i still cant wear tampons. lol. it hurts. and my cycle is way too heavy.

Shanny - my pain with intercourse was so bad I went to see a doctor thinking something was wrong. She did give me some estrace cream to use but I never got around to it. Now...my little man is 6 months old and it's SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER!

I don't recall yoru birth story, but I had a TRAUMATIC delivery and a huge super long and deep tear. I was pulling stitches out of myself for MONTHS afterwards. I think that made things longer for my "hoo hah" to recover from! I not only feel better now during sex, but in general the ecosystem feels like it's "settling down" again. I will say that breastfeeding (I quit at 3 months) also made me VERY VERY dry which can complicate matters. Perhaps a good ole' fashioned lubricant is in order to try and help things along.

I found that each period I had made my 'lady business' (I'm cracking myself up with these metaphors) feel better and better. I"m having my 3rd one now and I feel better today than I did two days ago. I think it's just a healing PROCESS and even my doc said that recovering from birth can take some women up to 9 full months at times.

BF has made me very dry so sex and masturbation are both too uncomfortable to contemplate. If it doesn't get better after weaning I don't know what I'll do :(
Am waiting for first period before going back to dr and hoping that once the bf is less my hormones will revert to normal.
There's no infection but I am sore at the front more than at the back where my stitches were.