When Is It Safe To Have Sex After A Heart Attack?
Wade at Healthbolt has inspired me to write once again about that taboo subject of sexual relations. When I think about it, my discharge teaching with an acute MI patient is focused on nutrition, exercise and lifestyle changes, but doesn’t touch on sex. Don’t you think that should be a valid thought? “When is it safe to have sex again?”
Well, lucky for ya’all, I have done my research on the horizontal hookie pookie.
Sexual intercourse is considered as mild to moderate exercise. It takes about as much energy as walking up a couple flights of stairs. Most people can safely resume sexual activity as soon as they leave the hospital. In some cases, your doctor may advise a delay until your strength improves.
Fear and anxiety about sex after a heart attack is to be expected. A few suggestions to help you on your lovin’ way…
Ask your doctor for his or her suggestions. Do not have sex right after a heavy meal. Try to have sex only when you feel rested. Focus on touching, sharing, and closeness by using sex play, mutual pleasuring (mutual masturbation), and self-pleasuring (masturbation) to orgasm.
What do I think is the most important component to getting back in the game? Talking! Share your concerns and worries with your partner. Let the experience be something that you share together and brings you closer. After all, sex is all about “togetherness”!
hat tip to Wade
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4 opinions for When Is It Safe To Have Sex After A Heart Attack?
Olivia
Jun 15, 2007 at 5:59 am
You know, Kendra, I asked this very question of the nurse who did my husband’s post-heart-attack “going home instructions” right before his discharge. She said that no one had ever asked her that before—and she was a seasoned nurse. I can’t believe it! Of course I asked it though, because I didn’t want him to die during sex!! This is an important topic and I’m glad you’ve written about it.
Pat
Jun 15, 2007 at 9:45 am
This is an important topic, indeed. We’ve seen in some movies that an old man had a heart attack because of too much excitement from sex and it easily confirms with us that this might happen in real life, especially if your partner had a history of heart attack..
alicia
Jun 15, 2007 at 10:41 am
This reminds me of that Golden Girls episode when Blanche has a pace maker (I think it is) put in and is afraid to ever have sex again (which, all GG fans know is a huge thing for her, lol!).
I’m surprised to find out that, unless specified otherwise, most people can resume sex when they get home from the hospital. I’d be scared :(
Oscar
Jun 18, 2007 at 1:28 am
If the doctor says it’s fine to do it, then I don’t think there would be anything to worry about. As long as the activities done are based on what is specified and avoid things that might cause problems.
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