- Intimacy takes more effort
After a baby, your life can be an endless stream of feeding, diapers, and naps. Staying intimate with your husband can easily get put on the back burner.
Communicate your state of exhaustion with him to let him know it’s not about him personally.
Give your body time to heal after birth, and then ease back into your normal level of intimacy. If you just want to cuddle while your baby sleeps, then tell him so neither of you begin to feel neglected and intimately void.
Struggling with insecurities about your body after birth is normal; things look different than they did before. With time, these insecurities wane as you grow to love your new body that has accomplished amazing feats, such as childbirth.
Most of the time your husband is not as concerned with your body changes as you are.