Four hundred patients were polled to determine their attitudes and experiences regarding birth control measures, length of postpartum bleeding, and compliance with the advice to avoid sexual intercourse until the postpartum examination. As postpartum bleeding decreases and/or stops, there is a marked tendency for patients to resume full activity. Many patients resume coitus very early and participate frequently with apparent significant complication.
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C. R. MABRAY (1979) studied this question.