Postpartum Care For Women With Spinal Cord Injury

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The way you approach sex, dating, relationships, and intimacy with a spinal cord injury may be different from before your injury. Explore this resource section to heighten your sexual creativity, knowledge, and enjoyment.

Resources on sexual anatomy and fertility after spinal cord injury that help you understand what’s changed and what hasn’t. Learning about your anatomy as it relates the mechanics of sex and fertility is only one part of the subject.

There is information on getting pregnant and fathering a child. Or the options that exist to help with the ‘physical’ response of arousal. Women’s topics include understanding the anatomical impact of spinal cord injury on a woman’s menstrual cycle, one’s ability to get pregnant, and resources to help you manage your health during pregnancy. Tips to support healthy childbirth and parenting with a spinal cord injury are also included.  For men, topics include resources to assist with erectile dysfunction, medications, and other resources to enhance fertility and sexual vitality.

For many, sex after paralysis is more than creating or having a baby. Added resources on the topic of intimacy after spinal cord injury include information on body image, ways to feel sexy and attractive, tips for dating and building relationships.

Postpartum Care For Women With Spinal Cord Injury This postpartum care guide developed by BC Women’s Hospital and Health Center lists issues women with spinal cord injury may experience after child birth. Topics include breast feeding, handling a baby, bowl and bladder care, going home and resuming sexual relations.