Can be specifically regarding the resuming of sexual intercourse or postnatal depression.
Hello Katherine
Have you seen the following papers?
Abdool, Z., Thakar, R., & Sultan, A. H. (2009). Postpartum female sexual function. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 145(2), 133-137. http://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/11094/Abdool_Postpartum(2009).pdf?sequence=1
Leeman, L. M., Rogers, R. G., Greulich, B., & Albers, L. L. (2007). Do unsutured second-degree perineal lacerations affect postpartum functional outcomes?. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 20(5), 451-457. http://www.jabfm.org/content/20/5/451.long
Rogers, R. G., Borders, N., Leeman, L. M., & Albers, L. L. (2009). Does spontaneous genital tract trauma impact postpartum sexual function?. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 54(2), 98-103. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730880/
Leeman, L. M., & Rogers, R. G. (2012). Sex after childbirth: postpartum sexual function. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 119(3), 647-655. http://sigo.it/pdf/sex_after_childbirth_obstet_gynecol_2012_23_02.pdf
Barrett, G., Pendry, E., Peacock, J., Victor, C., Thakar, R., & Manyonda, I. (2000). Women's sexual health after childbirth. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 107(2), 186-195. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11689.x/full
Rådestad, I., Olsson, A., Nissen, E., & Rubertsson, C. (2008). Tears in the Vagina, Perineum, Sphincter Ani, and Rectum and First Sexual Intercourse after Childbirth: A Nationwide Follow‐up. Birth, 35(2), 98-106.
Williams, A., Herron-Marx, S., & Carolyn, H. (2007). The prevalence of enduring postnatal perineal morbidity and its relationship to perineal trauma. Midwifery, 23(4), 392-403.
Best wishes
Mary
is there an empirically stable association between perineal trauma and depression? Has anyone ivestigated this?
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