This whole pregnancy has left wanting to be left alone and not touched at all. My husband gets extremely frustrated that I always have an "excuse" for not wanting sex. I feel bad but I just can't get into it. Something about looking like a beach ball along with all the other pregnancy symptoms makes me want to stay away from any kind of affection.. Any else dealing with this? What do you do?
Re: How do you deal with not wanting sex?
your husband should just suck it up lol
When I got pregnant again DS was still not STTN and I was dealing with m/s AND still working full time so we had our first real dry spell. It was hard on our relationship at first and we had to talk it out. DH is very understanding of my needs and feelings, but he has needs too.... and to be honest I was missing our intimacy as well. Sometimes I'd feel good and in the mood but DS would be teething and need one of us all night. Or I had to get up for work at 3am and just got DS down at midnight. It was rough. Open communication about what we both wanted/needed from each other was what was REALLY important during this time. And sometimes I would go for it even if I didn't feel 100% into it at first. By the end I was always glad I did.
These days DS is going to bed at a more reliable and decent time and STTN more and more often. In addition I'm not dealing with nausea as bad as earlier on in pregnancy and I'm much more in the mood so we're up to 3x a week and I'm happy with that. H would sometimes like it more often, but he understands that some nights I'm just too exhausted.