When can I expect things to return to normal down there....if ever?

It will go back to normal - If not even better!

Just do sets of kegels, like 20 or 30 at each nursing session :)

I drove about 15 miles to a clients house to help him with hit TV set. I didn't charge him cause it was something elementary and it didn't take long to figure out and I was out in less than 30 minutes. Needless to say I got a call form him asking for my address, and a couple of days latter I got a check in the mail for my help and gas. Good Karma comes to those who bring it.

Don't let any of these people lie to you. If you've had a vaginal birth, it will not be the way it was. It's not a terrible thing though. It will barely be noticeable to your husband, if at all. It just changes shape a little, that's all. If you've ever done a vaginal exam on yourself prior to giving birth and then done one afterward, after healing of course, you will notice the difference in shape. It wont effect sex with your husband though don't worry. Kegals do help with strengthening the muscles.

It takes awhile for your body to return to normal. I had a vaginal delivery with a slight rip that was less than a Grade 2 Episitomy that required a couple of stitches. My daughter was only 5 lbs and 12 ounces when she was born and it only took me 10 minutes of pushing to have her.

My husband and I tried to have sex for the first time 6 weeks post partum after I got the okay from my OB/GYN. He had warned me that sex would hurt really bad at first and it would feel "firm" down there for awhile. After more time had passed it would feel "looser" again.

The first time we tried to have sex it hurt like hell! I had to make my husband stop almost immediately because I was in so much pain. Then a week later we tried again and still it hurt too badly but he was able to get further in than the first time.

I finally had my first menstrual cycle and after it ended we tried one more time to have sex. At first it hurt quite a bit but not as badly. We took things slowly at first then after about 5 to 10 minutes I loosened up and relaxed a lot and it felt just as it did before I had the baby and was great!

My husband said he was nervous about what it would feel like for him since we had the baby, but he said it felt really good and it didn't feel any differently to him than it did before, which made me feel better about things. Because I was very nervous about it.

You probably just need a little more time to heal. This was just today that we had sex for the first time and my daughter is 12 weeks and a day old today.

I would just buy a new vag if I were you!

NOTHING IN THE VAGINA FOR SIX WEEKS!

EDIT: It will go back to normal. and NOTHING includes fingers, tampons, toungues...NOTHING means NOTHING. There are several reasons why...number one is the risk for infection...and if you want things to remain "normal down there"....heed the doctors warning. One more week...you can do it!

EDIT2: People who thumbs down me are very ignorant. Go find the D/C instructions from the hospital...I guarantee it says nothing in the vagina for 6 wks! I have been a hospital social worker for over 10 years. Primarily in Peds, but my other areas are OB/Labor and Delivery. I can't tell you how many people have come back after having a baby with busted stitches (c-section and episiotomy)...and subsequent infections for not doing something simple like waiting 6wks....I end up setting homecare visits for IV abx and dressing changes. ONE MORE WEEK. And again, your vagina will be fine.

I was normal again after 4 weeks and I had sex again after 5 weeks and I had a huge episiotomy and over one hundred stiches. Everything should be good down there for you now and if not now, then soon!!

congrats on your baby!!

My fourth child is almost four months and everything down there is still standing strong.lol. After all of my children were born everything went back to normal so dont worry.

Things will never be as they were before baby especially if you had a vaginal birth. I have felt a little looser since having my children as well, but my hubby does not complain. Actually with my last son I ripped so I needed stitches. Now I seem a little tighter since then, but remember with my two girls before that I felt loose. It will never go back to how it was before baby, but as the months go on it will get tighter.

you only streach a tiny bit

its still tight