Anyone else still too scared to have sex?
Baby is 8 months old now and my partner and I still haven't done it. I'm so, so scared of getting pregnant again.
I'm on birth control just in case, but it's such a mental block. I feel terrified of his penis. We had a very healthy sex life before baby, and still have a loving relationship now. It's just not that physical.
I want to be intimate again but I don't know how to get past this fear.
My birth was straightforward vaginal, with gas and air. I have not forgot the pain and feel quite traumatised. I "grazed" and I just remember the feeling of being torn in two.... and all that after 9 miserable months of unrelenting nausea and discomfort. Then followed by 8 months of no sleep....
I completely understand how you feel. I have had sex since giving birth, but like you have gone on birth control. I am also frightened of getting pregnant again, but I think it’s important to keep your intimacy with your partner, cause you don’t want to lose the two of you. Do what you and your partner feel is right for you. Sex should be a positive thing. As long as you’re on birth control, and you feel comfortable, take it at your own pace.