Just an observation from someone who has given birth herself...
No doctor told me to stay home, stay in bed, or stop doing anything that I felt up to doing. A little bit of extra rest is great but many women do not have this option and do just fine.
As for sex, yes it is better to wait but there is no hard and fast rule as to how long. An no...you do NOT have an "open wound." Your uterus is not much different post-childbirth than it is post-period.
Asgara
"Embrace the pain, spank your inner moppet, whatever....but get over it"
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