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    sunny-day73    August 18, 2010  

    So I'm not enjoying sex while pregnant. At all. :( It's not terrible, it just feels....weird. And sort of uncomfortable. Because of it my sex drive is basically non-existent. It was low before being pregnant, but I could at least get myself in the mood once we got started. Now, it takes a lot of effort on his part. I feel really bad about it, and I'm really hoping that once the baby is here, it'll start to be enjoyable again. Does it get better???

     
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    MrsMeNow    September 18, 2010   Wisconsin

    The blood flow to your nether regions greatly increases making them more sensitive and swollen then usual. Some people find this great others not so much. It does get better once everthing is healed.

     
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    sunny-day73    August 18, 2010  

    Good! It gets discouraging reading about how wonderful it is for others, when I feel the opposite.

     
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    cvbee    August 13, 2010   canada

    Not sure what trimester you are in, but first trimester was not good for me in the bedroom.  2nd trimester is much better.

     
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    bree72    December 31, 2008  

    My sex drive all but disappeared once I got pregnant. I am 24+ weeks and it still has not returned. I always hoped I'd be one of those women who couldn't get enough once pregnant, but it's not turning out that way at all. And now that I'm further along, I tend to get really swollen sometimes from the blood flow. It is more than uncomfortable; it's painful sometimes. We went from 3 times a week before pregnancy, to once a week until a month or so ago. If we get to it every other week, I think it'll ba a miracle.  

    Just know you're not alone. 

     
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    mwitter80    December 11, 2010   Connecticut

    @cvbee: agreed

    I enjoy it much more in the 2nd trimester.

     
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    cacamillis    August 12, 2011   Sydney/Ireland/London

    My sex drive is gone, 15 weeks not and no sign of it, my hubbie is very patient indeed :(

     
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    sunny-day73    August 18, 2010  

    I'm about to start my 3rd trimester. Unfortunately I only had like 1 week where it was better in the 2nd trimester, and then back to blah.

    @bree72: maybe that's what's going on with me too. It been recently that it's become so uncomfortable.

     
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    bree72    December 31, 2008  

    @sunny-day73: I asked my doctor about it after the first time it happened, and she just said that my blood flow is really cranking right now and instead of it making sex feel awesome (because the area is fuller), it's making it painful. Sometimes if I even stand for a long time it feels like the whole area starts swelling. I am carrying super low, though, and my baby loves to hang out as far down in my pelvis as he can most days, so I might have a bit more pressure in my nether regions than a lot of women. It's been the only thing that's really upsetting me during this pregnancy. 

     
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    mrschristie91012    October 9, 2012   northern ireland

    31 weeks, bump is in the way, sex is uncomfortable

    & I aint feeling too sexy.

    Fiance just thinks ive gone off him-idiot.

     
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    simpleandchic    November 27, 2010   Adelaide, South Australia

    @mrschristie91012: My hubbie is the same, I am feeling really fat and ugly, plus its uncomfortable, and he thinks its about me not being into him lol.

     
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    zippylef    October 30, 2010   Norfolk, UK

    Sex has been non-existent my entire pregnancy. It's been super uncomfortable physically for me and mentally for him. I think I mind less than him because my sex drive is kaput but his isnt.

    I normally have a very high sex drive, so I'm hoping it goes back to normal too. :\ We had a good sex life before I got myself in the family way.

     
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    Koolbeans621    January 1, 2017  

    No,it won't...atleast not for 5 or 6 years. Maybe if you get a nanny and don't breastfeed. But then agian breastfeeding freaking rocks, so it's like a caught 22. Maybe you two could take up a hobby or something that doesn't evolve your genitals,but make sure its something you can take an infant to, so no fencing you crazy kids....

     

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