"I could have said, 'listen, if you don't touch me ever again, I'm not even bothered' because that's just how I felt at the time,"
"As soon as I said, this is how I'm feeling, 'whenever I'm cuddling you and touching, can we just not make it lead to the next thing? Because it's just making me not want to do that', and all of a sudden everything was so much better because that pressure was taken off."
"I don't really feel like having sex right now, or even maybe in the next few months. This is my issue that I'm going through, and I just need to work through it."
Loss of libido is common after life-changing events such as pregnancy and childbirth. Many mothers expect to resume sex after the six-week postnatal check, but that expectation can be misleading. One mother experienced a dip in sex drive after her son's birth and began avoiding intimacy because she associated affection with an inevitable progression to sex. Open, honest communication with her partner removed pressure and improved their connection. Partners may worry that decreased desire reflects lack of attraction; reassurance that the change is personal and temporary can help. Encouraging openness between couples can ease the transition and rebuild intimacy.
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