we waited until after our 6 weeks appt., BUT at the bottom of the opening of my vaginal opening the two edges healed together. EEEEK!! effectively making the opening like 2/3 as big. the dr told us to try to open it back up "the old fashioned way"---sex...and we tried but HOLY CRAP that was not happening. so i had to go back and get it cut back open, and that took a further 2 weeks to heal up! hoping to have a better experience this time, but regardless we will wait until after the 6 week check up!