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I'm 6 months pregnant and of course my body has been going threw changes.

My question though is..
Does sex change for women who are pregnant?
And does it change back after the baby's born?

Somethings that never turned me on before now makes me..well turns me on very very much. [trying to keep the discription to a minmal. wink ]

And things that use to feel good now hurts.

ex. I hated it when my bf had his way with my breast. It was just a waste of time and pleasure. But now that I'm pregnant, that's a sure fire way to turn me on. question Or, before It use to feel so good when he fingered me, but now that I'm pregnant It hurts if he just rubs me.

It sometimes hurts my swollen belly while we're having sex , so he always asks me if I want to be on top.

I would ask my doctor, but I'm 19yrs old and she's like a grandmother and I kinda feel embassed each time I go for a vist that when she wraps it all up the report and everything that she always adds "And you can still have intercorse." She says it in that cheery voice that your grandma would say "You can have some cookies now." eek

So can anyone help me out by telling me if this is true?

You're lucky to still be having sex whilst pregnant. When I was pegnant my partner didn't wanna go near me with a ten foot barge pole in case 'he hurt the baby'. I think we had sex once through the whole pregnancy, and I was as horny as ever!

Though it's different for everyone when it comes to sex and pregnancy. I was horny as hell, still liked most of what I did beforehand, but my partner was turned off by the idea he might hurt the baby (even though I always told him it's safe). It was rather funny when my waters broke and the next day (I was sent home when I went into hospital after my waters broke and they told me to come back the next day unless I started having contractions) and the midwife who was dealing with me said that sex would bring on labour quicker XD

As for sex after having the baby.....
When you have the child, if you're like me and a lot of other women, sex will be the last thing on your mind, and sleep will be the first. Just wondering, how are you planning on giving birth, naturally or C-section? Natural birth doesn't take so long to heal, unless you needed stitches (like I did, man did that hurt to walk and pee) but C-sections can take up to six months, or longer, to heal and for you to fully able to go about your daily business properly, a** you need to rest and relax (I wonder how women who have C-sections manage to relax with a baby, I never had one and I couldn't relax) and I would think sex would be out of the question as well. But you might feel up to sex within a few days after giving birth. It depends on the individual.

One piece of advice though... USE A CONDOM! The Pill doesn't work and you can't have the Implant or injection until 12 weeks I think it was after you give birth. Or was it 8? Something like that, and you are at a very high risk of falling pregnant again within the first 8-12 weeks after having the baby. Just so ya know. I almost made that mistake sweatdrop
Depending on the individual person and persons, sex can be a doable thing within a week after having the baby. Or it might not be doable until the baby is sleeping through the night and you are therefore getting enough sleep and rest.

Not going into too much detail. Me and my partner felt up to having sex two weeks after I had Kyra. She's now a year old, has been sleeping through constantly for the last three weeks, and for the last three or four moths, sex has been about... Once a month.... Though we managed to have enough energy to have it two days in a row this week biggrin
So you might find you're having sex at first, but then not so much in a few months down the line. Or vice versa... Or not at all until one day, the baby's asleep or at nursery or school and you just have to find a bush somewhere xd

It is ok its just that, as you said, some things may feel different

Thanks for the info guys. It kind of made me feel better knowing I'm not the only one. My bf is really enjoying my sex drive right now, but hating the mood swings. xd Poor guy, ah well, I keep telling him this is what happens when all you want as protection is 'pulling out'.

Kyra_uk : I'm planning on Natural Birth, but I probably will given and ask for some drugs, so it might not be ALL natural. My mom had me ALL Natural, no drugs just a whole lot of pushing.

Diffrent people have diffrent feelings and changes during pregnancy. I know a friend of mine couldn't stand the idea of her fiancee even touching her while pregnant. She was overly moody and demanding and it caused a lot of stress between them.

But me and my ex girlfriend, When she was pregnant she was all about sex until her third trimester. Her and her husband were having sex every couple of days. The pregnancy made her even more of a nympho than she was. But twards the end she got 'tender' and things wernt making her happy.

But I, I crave sex now that I am pregnant. I have never been one for sex. It really does little for me because it is hard for me to climax. But holy hell, if I do not tire my boyfriend out on a almost daily basis. My breasts are more tender and touch just feels better. And I love it when he kisses and gently 'tickles' my stomach.

I've heard that sex is more comforatble for both because when the baby crowns, the vaginal area stretches so there is a bigger opening for sex.
-shrugs-
It's all I heard