No intimacy

[Aurora20]

Hi ladies I hope you are all doing well 😘

Just wondering if anyone else is in the same position, I’m 19 weeks since finding out I’m pregnant me and my partner haven’t had sexual intercourse and he doesn’t want to until the baby is born. He’s worried it will hurt the baby which is sweet but I just miss that closeness. We do cuddles kiss etc xx

[ZiggyandBC]

Hi, I’m 22 weeks at the moment and we haven’t had much sex at all, mostly because I just don’t feel like it! I don’t think it’s uncommon for couples to have less sex during pregnancy, there’s so many changes happening. Have you explained to him that it won’t hurt the baby at all and it’s perfectly safe? If he’s still worried you could maybe ask the midwife to explain that it’s safe so he has that reassurance? If he’s still reluctant to actually have inter course im sure you can find a compromise to get that closeness still it is very sweet that he’s worried about hurting the baby though bless him x

[Aurora20 in reply to ZiggyandBC]

Hey, yeah I explained it all but he still won’t do it 😂 tbh I’m not really in the mood (not feeling sexy etc) but I just feel like not having sex is now affecting our physical connection and then I start overthinking what if he’s getting it from somewhere else!! x

[Rollercoastersmiles]

hey. My husband’s been a bit weird about this too. Weirdly he was less nervous really early on but has been more awkward since approx 16 weeks and I think we’ve had sex once since then (and we’re now 37 weeks) we have tried another couple of times at my insistence 😉 but we get started and then I get a bit tired/turned off. Im not sure if this is normal…but I just wanted to let you know that you’re not alone.

[Aurora20 in reply to Rollercoastersmiles]

Hey, it must just be their fatherly instincts kicking in 🤔😂 I’m sure that’s normal I know lots of women during pregnancy don’t want to have sex and I don’t really either but I don’t want to lose that physical connection x