Sex life after baby?

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So how do you have a sex life with a newborn? My baby is about to be 3 months and we’ve yet to have sex. It just seems like we have no time to be intimate and my baby always seems to wake up as soon as we cuddle.

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Honestly, you just have to make time. Having a newborn is exhausting and time consuming, as we all know. What my husband and I did was wait until our son had JUST gone to sleep, put on some white noise and then went in another room. We obviously couldn't throw down for hours or anything, but we had enough alone time to get where we both needed to go.

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We put baby on a schedule for night time at 5 weeks and he’s been sleeping through the night since. Used after that for mom and dad time. Moved him into his room at 11 weeks. And its only gotten more frequent.lol

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hand baby to Grandma for a night and go wild, dude. you should have a little me time with your SO, especially after having a baby. it's okay to take a break for the night

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I still can’t have sex because it hurts. Visiting a pelvic floor physical therapist. My daughter is 7.5 months. My husband is incredibly patient and amazing.

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I didn’t have sex until 4 months PP, didn’t stop hurting until 3 months PP.

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FTM here and I’ve felt too exhausted to be intimate with my husband since baby was born. But I definitely had the urge, and felt that I wanted to please my husband since he’s been super interested. 
We made sure to continue to verbally compliment each other about how attracted we still are to each other, and we always kissed whenever possible so that there’s some sort of physical connection. Also, communicating to each other that we want to be intimate, but the timing hasn’t been right. Acknowledging this has made it feel less stressful.
But finally, last night (8 weeks pp), husband just decided to cuddle me and touch me down there and the drive came rushing back to me! I missed that feeling so much so I hope we continue down this road. 
Haven’t had penetration but I think that as long as we both keep working at it and committing to squeezing in some time to do it, then it’ll happen soon!
Good luck to us all! Lol!

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Love hearing similar stories! It’s almost been a whole year since we have had sex. Husband didn’t feel right during pregnancy and it seems that it’s so long that we don’t know how to get back into it. Not to mention I’m nervous for any pain AND I️ don’t feel sexy enough.

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My husband I hadn’t been intimate since I was 32 weeks pregnant, & we didn’t try again until 7 weeks PP. The first time I couldnt relax because I had had a tear right by my clit & it was still a bit sensitive: not painful per say but definitely a bit stingy. Of course when we are almost done baby wakes up from the other room so we had to rush to finish.. which kills it. We talked about how it was after & the next night were able to be just as good as we’ve ever been.
Just take it slow, communicate! & lube up. (Breastfeeding & the mini pill that I’m on can dry you out)

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I always wanted sex so bad even right after giving birth to my LO, but of course i cant have sex just yet with my 3rd degree tear and bleeding. I felt completely heal and ready at 6weeks mark PP but husband was away for work trip. Then we had sex once  at 8w since , because whenever we were in the mood the baby was awake af loll... and whenever he was in the mood I wasn’t - so exhausted n barely keep my eyes open...

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Mine just turned 3 months. Still haven't had sex. It was probably 10 weeks pp before I even felt somewhat interested. I have just been so sore and uninteresred. I just hope intimacy will begin again soon. It's been so long. Also with a baby who sleeps best with me, it's nearly impossible to be alone together. Who knows.

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