"We struggled to conceive for a long time, and when we finally got pregnant, I was so scared something would happen that we were never really intimate."
"I was a little self-conscious about my body, but I also had some physical changes postpartum that made sex less enjoyable."
The article shares a mother's anonymous account of navigating intimacy after the birth of her child. After struggling to conceive, she faced a nearly nonexistent sex life due to anxieties surrounding pregnancy and the exhaustion from trying to conceive. With a returning libido at six months postpartum, she was eager to re-establish intimacy, but found physical changes made sex painful and less enjoyable. Exploring different positions, she discovered that doggy-style helped her body image issues and accommodated her postpartum challenges, despite the height difference with her husband making it tricky.
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