Sex while pregnant

Hi All,

I'm 11 weeks pregnant and still have my sex drive however my partner is completely turned off. He realizes that it cannot harm me or the baby. He gets turned off by the fact that there is a baby growing inside of me, He says he can't help it and wants to stop having sex from now on. I'm not taking it personally as I know he loves me and is attracted to me but is this common. I'm gonna find it very hard to go without for the next 6-8months.

Is this common?? Has this happened in your relationship? Opinions please.

Hi! Congratulations on your pregnancy! Yes, my dh finds it hard mainly because he is worried about losing the baby, he said if something happened he wouldn't even want to think it was because of that!

I have showed him facts in articles/books in my last pregnancy, told him I understood how he felt and gave him space/ time for a few weeks (while wearing super nice things to bed, applying moisturizer before bed and asking for massages wink ) he eventually got passed his fears and caved lol

Maybe your dh will feel better when you're baby is bigger, he might see it as less fragile? Good luck, I'm sure he won't be able to last that long anyways but it is important to acknowledge his feelings about it all though smile

Hasnt happened to me! hubby both times has been after sex all the time and im like ok sometimes others it is like hmmm no go away im just not into it lol! WHen i am tired that is it nothing like that is on my mind HAHAHA

Lol, I wish my DH didn't feel like it! I'm so tired and my libido has dropped into the negatives, but he's still all for it! He's driving me mad! laugh

My DH was a bit funny about it also, but more so when bub was bigger (guess cos he could see and feel it, was harder to ignore!) ... It didn't put him off though, well he didn't take a lot of convncing wink

Hopefully your man will come around to the idea.

DF is the same, though we still do it but only once a week...maybe twice at the most. But sometimes an even bigger gap than a week inbetween, I have to wait until he really 'needs' it hahaha. He knows it wont be hurt or anything but just the idea is off putting. With DS I was totally off sex anyway so it didn't matter too much, this time (with a girl we've been told) i'm more up for it laugh

Hey my DP was turned off at the start of the pregnancy too. He was still coming to terms with it. He's fine now smile We still have as much sex as we did before.

My hubby was exactly the same. He knew he couldn't hurt the baby but felt weird about the fact there was a little person in there!

Sorry to say I don't have any helpful advice for you, he stopped putting out at about 4 months and we didn't do the deed for the rest of the pregnancy!

My hubby was exactly the same. He knew he couldn't hurt the baby but felt weird about the fact there was a little person in there!

Sorry to say I don't have any helpful advice for you, he stopped putting out at about 4 months and we didn't do the deed for the rest of the pregnancy!

Thanks soo much, I think it's going to be the same with us. Did everything go back to normal once bub was born?

Thanks soo much, I think it's going to be the same with us. Did everything go back to normal once bub was born?

Things haven't gone back to normal yet but bub is only 2 1/2 weeks old and i had a cesar so we are just waiting til I am right to go. Both of us are chomping at the bit for a bit of loving though!!

Oh thank god I am not alone lolz!!!

When I was about 22 weeks along my partner completely went off sex I asked him what was wrong and he was so cute he said he didn't want to say anything cause he didnt want me thinking he wasn;t attracted to me etc but he was just scared that he would hurt our wee man (this is his first) but he got over it after a couple of weeks and just talking about it etc and how safe it is smile

My husband is the same he just finds it strange & it worries him. The one time I'm keen cause of hormones he doesn't want to haha. men are strange but we do love 'em. laugh