Ep. 30 - Staying Intimate as Parents

Are you pregnant, postpartum, or a parent --- and are also trying to keep an intimate relationship alive? This episode is for you. 

Here we cover one of the topics people ask me about the most - what changes in your intimacy once a little one arrives? 

In short, everything. 
In this episode, I break the conversation down into 3 phases - pregnancy, early postpartum days, and toddlerhood & beyond - and share the major challenges I hear from couples in each of these phases. 

Then I share 5 powerful ways you can keep the spark alive with your partner, even as you navigate the turbulent and awe-inspiring waters of parenthood.

Key Topics:

• The changes and challenges to sex and intimacy in pregnancy [2:18]

• The pleasant (sexy!) surprises about intimacy during pregnancy [6:05]

• Rediscovering each other after the baby is born [6:47]

• Allowing space for your partner’s erotic needs after giving birth [8:47]

• Keeping the spark alive as new parents [10:03]

• Resentment is a wet blanket for intimacy  [11:37]

• Parenthood as an initiation to deepening and expanding your intimacy [12:26]

• 5 tangible shifts you can make to keep the spark alive [14:52]

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