Sex after baby: Groundbreaking research on what happens in the bedroom after birth

While we are awash with information on pregnancy and labour, little is said about the sexual difficulties women can face after childbirth. Catherine Shanahan learns of a new Irish study which explores this sensitive subject.

IT’S the subject of a pregnancy best seller, a $40 million (€37m) movie and the advice is endless online. What to Expect When You’re Expecting has been thrashed out across so many forums that women are in danger of suffering from information overload.

But this is hardly the case for women who find themselves at sixes and sevens sexually after childbirth, in a country where discussing “female problems” is as taboo as eating horse meat.