Sex is important, right?

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But... so is sleep. And my sanity. This is why I don’t feel guilty for not having sex almost two months post partum. If I’m doing all the feedings (exclusive breast feeding. No pumping.) as well as diapering both my toddler and 1 month old, and staying home taking care of them all day, I deserve my sleep. My husband has done nothing but annoyingly mention sex all the time yet has only managed to cuddle me once since having our baby. 
So how about you ladies? How do you feel?

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My husband and I have had sex a few times since I have birth, but honestly every time I end up thinking "I hope this is fast, baby is asleep. Every minute I am awake now I could be sleeping instead."

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Going through this right now. I have an unsupportive partner that doesn't understand that sex is the last thing on my mind. We had sex a few times and I just want it to be over it. As much as I miss having sex with him I'm going through a lot and my baby is my number one priority and if I get a hour to myself I def don't wanna be having sex! I wanna sleeeeep or just lay down and get a bit of a breather

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I feel like its been so long since we’ve done it (about 7 weeks PP now) and I don’t want to do it unless we specifically have time to do it and focus on only that. I am so exhausted every night I just want to sleep. Husband keeps begging for it all the time but honestly I’m so tired I doubt I’d be any fun at all. He says he doesn’t care, but seriously where is the fun in that though. Idk. I feel so lame saying I want it to be like “special” because it would be our first time in a long time but 🤷🏻‍♀️

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I’m 10 weeks pp and we still haven’t had sex. Last week I was just about ready to try and got my period... He’s getting pretty anxious but is supportive and hasn’t pressured me.

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SAME!!!! Sahm to a rambunctious 3 year old boy and 7 week old girl. We live with my parents to help them. My fiance and my mom work and my dad is disabled. So i take care of the kids, the 3 dogs  do all the cleaning, cooking and feedings for my infant because shes breastfed. Im struggling with my milk supply so im stressed from that and i wAke up twice in the night just to pump even though my daughter sleeps through the night. Im super sore every single morning i wake up because i dont think i allowed my body the right amount of healing time after an emergency csection. So my body Aches all day long. From the second i wake up until i go to bed i am non stop moving. Someone is constantly having to touch me all day long. So by the time my fiance gets home from work at 11pm the VERY last thing i want is for him to touch me. And he barely helps out when he is home so i dont even think he deserves my body half the time😂he gets so mad when i say "i just want to go to bed" 🤷🏻‍♀️ give me less things to do during the day and maybe id have more energy for sex! 7 weeks pp and weve done the deed 4 times🤷🏻‍♀️

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My hubby and I have had sex a few times but I'm so tired and worried about the baby waking I cant focus on it too much🤷🏽‍♀️🙄

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I’m a weirdo... We have more sex now than we did when we got pregnant. 
I guess it’s partially because I feel so un-sexy after having the baby that knowing my Husband wants me so often makes me feel better and in turn makes me want to get back to feeling like my previously-sexy self.

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I feel 100% the same my husband keeps bringing it up but just doesn't understand. That and my mind is a million other places than on sex. Work hard to make life easy and forget about everything else and we can have sex.

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I COMPLETELY agree with you on this. I EBF our son and I dont pump (I would if I had the time but this guy eats constantly). My husband hasn’t brought up sex yet (I’m two months PP) but I don’t know how we’d even find the time to because the baby is so demanding and we are both exhausted. He doesn’t do any night duty either. It’s all me as I’m still on leave and he’s back to work.

Sex is important, right?

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