How to rekindle your sex life after having a baby
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- Rachel Sussman, LCSW , Marriage and Family Therapist
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Rachel Sussman, LCSW
Marriage and Family Therapist
For many women, a new baby means your whole life changes--including your sex life. How do you keep romance alive when all you want to do when you get into bed is sleep? Therapist Rachel Sussman has tips to help you rekindle your sex life after the baby comes.
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How to rekindle your sex life after having a baby
- Communicate with your partner and discuss what is going on with changes to your sex life.
- Include the father in the equation of mother and baby—he can sometimes feel left out of the mommy-baby bonding experience. Make him feel more involved.
- Getting enough sleep, eating well and exercising will all help rekindle your sex life. It’s important to take good care of yourself in addition to the baby.
- Once the mother has healed after giving birth it is important that you discuss how to reintroduce sex into your life.
- It’s important for the husband to remember his wife as a sexual being.
- It is also important for the husband to continue to tell his wife that he is attracted to her, how beautiful she looks, how much he loves her and how proud of her he is.
- Sleep deprivation and the ups and downs of taking care of a baby can take its toll. If your husband wants to have sex and there never seems to be the right time, discuss when the right time might be to have sex and schedule a date night.
- Once you get into the practice of including sex in your relationship again and set aside time for yourselves after the baby is in bed, it will seem like less work and will feel more natural and spontaneous.
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