Maintaining a healthy sex life after a baby

Woman sat on a bed looking sad with a man sat behind her
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After you've had a baby, sex is the last thing on the minds of most women.

In fact, getting your sex life going again needs time and energy spent on it and can be a source of problems for many couples.

So to help you boost your bedroom fun, we've talked to sexpert Rachel Foux and she's given us her top 10 tips...

- Next: Find out how important spending time together is

More help and advice

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- Dr Petra answers your sex problems
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Rachel Foux is the author of The New Mum's Guide to Sex (Fusion Press, 2007) and runs workshops for preparing, expecting and new mums and dads. Visit www.householdcompanion.co.uk for more information.

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  • Maureen, posted 11 months ago

    It's true my sex drive totally disappeared after I had my baby and I felt really bad about it.......................

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  • julie, posted 1 year ago

    Why are they not sitting together? I think it's because they have broke up or something

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With a previous poll saying that you want more foreplay, what do you think are the reasons you're not having as much foreplay as you'd like?


  • We don't know what foreplay to try 12%
  • We're always in a rush to fit sex in 18%
  • We just can't be bothered with it 6%
  • He doesn't seem interested in it 23%
  • I feel embarrassed trying to get him to try anything new 13%
  • Got into the habit of skipping foreplay and just going straight to sex 28%

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