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KJ, Nicky, Jo, Alex, Adam, Karen, Lisa, Jackie, Ann, Graham, Marie, Tara, Raj, and Sarah mention pregnancy
What was sex like during pregnancy?
“We found out from my doctor that you can still have sex when you’re pregnant and I’m pretty sure I’ve heard before that sex is actually good for the baby.”
How did sex change after the birth of your first child?
“She was so scared around that area of things... I don’t even think she would have attempted to have sex again. ”
What was sex like during pregnancy?
“It didn’t put us off any sort of sexual activity, it was just as often as it was, which with my husband was very, very regular.”
How important is masturbation to you?
“Your sex life is for each other, you give yourself to the other person,and masturbation is very kind of, self indulgent, you kind of do that for your own pleasure.”
How did you feel when you found out you were pregnant?
“There was part of me inside that probably went 'Oh my goodness, what have we just done?'”
How did you tell your partner you were pregnant?
“As he was standing knee deep in the swimming pool we had this discussion, it was very random.”
What was sex like during pregnancy?
“I was feeling really ill, I had terrible morning sickness, although my goodness it does not last just in the morning…”
How important is masturbation to you?
“Masturbation is a solo activity. It’s not sex. ”
How did sex change after the birth of your first child?
“Even for weeks, you know, you’ve still got afterbirth in, in your stomach, in your urine, blood coming out.”
What was sex like during pregnancy?
“The actual intricacies of trying to get your stomach into any position whatsoever that is comfortable enough to be able to shag, is almost impossible. ”
How did sex change after the birth of your first child?
“When it hurts you tense up, and… then you get stressed out and then you tense up, and it just got worse and worse.”
“That was like the biggest shock of the planet. I just … ooh I couldn’t believe when the doctor's receptionist told me”
“I told me husband before we got married that I had no intention of ever having any children, so I hoped that he never wanted any children cause this wouldn’t feature in our life whatsoever.”
What was sex like during pregnancy?
“It’s virtually impossible to have sex in the same position, so you have to adopt different positions, and that’s probably backwards or something like that!”
How did sex change after the birth of your first child?
“With the first child I had post-natal depression, and it didn’t affect me where my sex life dipped, in fact I wanted more sex, and that I think was for reassurance.”
How did you tell your partner you were pregnant?
“I didn’t get around to telling him that because he avoided me for a while and whether he knew, I don’t know, but he must’ve had a sixth sense…”
How did sex change after the birth of your first child?
“I would say probably an absence of sex for about, say, six to, to eight weeks would be normal because it’s a big thing, having a baby.”
How did sex change after the birth of your first child?
“It got quieter for a start, less spontaneous because obviously you have another little person in the house that is taking up a lot of your energy. ”
Have you ever been worried that you might be pregnant when you didn't want to be?
“I've been taking contraceptives since I was 18 but did have before then a split condom incident which put the fear of God into me ...”
How did you feel when you found out your partner was pregnant?
“… it was a time when I was allowed to talk to the back of the head of my partner which is something she wouldn’t normally like too much”
Have you ever been worried that you might be pregnant when you didn't want to be?
“I was constantly worried every single month that I'd get pregnant…”