IT'S WHAT GOT YOU THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE: A SINGLE ROMANTIC MOMENT, RAGING HORMONES, AND A BODY THAT WAS READY TO MAKE THE TRANSITION INTO MOTHERHOOD. UNLESS YOUR DOCTOR ADDVISES AGAINST IT, INTMACY DURING PREGNANCY CAN BE EXTREMELY SATISFYING. MORE IMPORTANTLY, SUSTAINED INTIMACY DESPITE YOUR CHANGING BODY WILL HELP USHER IN NEW LEVELS OF CLOSENESS WITH YOUR HUSBAND, WHILE AFFIRMING YOUR OWN SELF-ESTEEM AND EXPANDING YOUR PERCEPTIONS OF SEXUALITY.
IF YOUR PREGNANCY GETS THE GREEN LIGHT FOR SEX, MARIE M SUGGESTS YOU TRY NEW POSITIONS TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR CHANGING BODY.
TO MAKE LOVE OR NOT?????
GRANTED, YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT SEX WILL CHANGE ALONG WITH YOUR GROWING FIGURE, AND THERE MAY BE SOME AMBIVALENCE."MANY WOMEN ARE TOO FATIGUED ND NAUSEATED TO BE INTERESTED DURING THE FIRST TRIMESTER, SHILE THE SECOND TRIMESTER BRINGSA NEW SENSE OF DELIGHT AS HER ABDOMEN GROWS,"SAYS ROBIN ELISE WEISS, AUTHOR OF THE ABOUT.COM GUIDE TO HAVING A BABY.
AGNES, A 30-YEAR OLD CORPORATE TRAINER AND NOW THE MOTHER OF A TWO YEAR OLD SON, AGREES. "WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A VERY ACTIVE SEX LIFE, "SHE SHARES, "BUT I FELT AWKWARD WHEN I FIRST STARTED TO SHOW. THEN MY HUSBAND TOLD ME I NEVER LOOKED MORE BEAUTIFUL,"SHE RECOUNTS.AND IT IS AT THIS POINT WHER WOMEN ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE AN INCREASE IN DESIRE, AND EVEN BETTER SEX.
WOMEN LYING BACK POSITION
THIS POSITION SEEMS LIKE THE MISSIONARY POSITION BUT THIS PARTICULAR ONE CAN BE COMFORTABLE FOR THE PREGNANT WOMAN. LYING ON YOUR BACK WITH YOUR KNEES DRAWN BACK, PLACE YOUR FEET AGAINSST YOUR PARTNER OR OPEN YOUR FEET RESSTING ON YOUR PARTNER'S CHEST. YOU WILL NOT FEEL ANY DISCOMFORT WHEN HE KNEELS BETWEEN YOUR LEGS AND ENTERS YOU. YOU COULD HELP PLACE A PILLOW UNDER YOUR BOTTOM FOR EASY PENETRATION.
THE WOMAN ON TOP
PERHAPS THE MOST PRACTICAL AND APPLICABLE EVEN UP TO THE POINT WHERE YOUR BAG OF WATERS BREAKS IS THE MISSIONARY POSITION. THE ONLY VARIATION TO THIS OF COURSE IS THAT YOU WOULD TAKE YOUR PLACE ATOP YOUR HUSBAND, AND THEN YOU WILL MOSST LIKELY PREFER TO BE UPRGHT THE ENTIRE TIME. THIS ENSURES THAT THERE IS NO SSTRESS OR WEIGHT PLACED ON THE UTERUS. BOTH YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND SHOULSD FIND THIS POSTION THE MOSTS SATISFYING, AS IT ALLOWS DEEPER PENETRAION FOR YOUR HUSBAND THAN THE OTHER POSITIONS. THE BONUS FOR YOU IS THE ABILITY TO KCONTROL MOST ASPECTS OF INTIMACY: DEPTH, SPEED, AND DURATION.
