Sex after normal delivery

Q: I just want to know within how many days can I resume having sex with my wife after a normal delivery?

A:Physical intimacy after delivery is avoided till the patient continues to have bleeding /spotting from the womb post delivery because, one, it is messy. Secondly, blood is a good culture media for infection. More over the new mom is recuperating from the exhaustion and exertion of delivery. Normally the period is about fourty days.