MommyBeta Podcast #59: Postpartum Sex Drive

On this week's show we discuss what gets mommies back in the sack fast after delivering, how being nervous/scared of childbirth could prolong labor and the trend of inviting a professional photographer into the delivery room. Join us!

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Comments

[Lisa]

re: the post-baby sex. I definitely wasn't in the mood or interested, but my husband was being such an awesome dad and supportive spouse, that I surprised him with an offer of a BJ at about 3 weeks. I felt that would take the edge off the six-week milestone, perhaps by me some more time. But, around five weeks, I felt more ready, so I mentioned that we could try but I wanted to establish 2 ground rules, and they were: bra stays on and boobs are off limits. I was prepared for the sex itself to possibly hurt and that we'd have to go slow but I was in no way comfortable with having milk squirt out while trying to be intimate. Also - those boobs were so clearly now my son's, it wasn't a turn-on to have my husband near them. In fact, it wasn't until after I had stopped nursing for months that I felt my husband could reclaim them for his own enjoyment.