AUGUST 12, 2023 By Chelsea Skaggs: Postpartum Coach Embarking on the journey of parenthood is a transformative experience that profoundly reshapes your life, your identity, and inevitably, your relationships….
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How to Talk to Your Partner About Postpartum Body Image
If you are a new mom there are potentially two things that feel frustrating about postpartum body image. First, understanding your own body after birth. Secondly, how you relate to…
How to Handle Resentment in Relationship
Have you ever felt disconnected from your partner due to anger or feeling like things are unfair? Have you found yourself distancing because you feel overloaded with things while it…
Sex After Birth: When & How to Approach Postpartum Sex
A lot of women find themselves confused and feeling isolated when it comes to the conversation of sex after baby. Who can you talk to about sex when you’re a new mom? Can you bring it up at playgroup or with your friends? Women feel like they should be ready, even if they aren’t. This leaves new moms wondering if they’ve done something wrong, if their body is “broken” or if they are disappointing their partner.
The Best Lube for Sex After Birth
When you are having sex after birth, you might notice that your vagina is dry. Vaginal dryness can happen for a number of reasons. For postpartum women, it is related…
Understanding Your Postpartum Sex Drive: Love After Baby
Lube and libido, both things that have a huge impact on our sex and intimacy after baby, and we’re going to break down, what happens to our libido after we have a baby, what kind of lube might be right for you, and how we can kind of get into this sexual intimacy space again, without feeling like shit.
And without just trying to get it done.
5 Ways a New Dad Changes After Baby’s Birth
And baby makes three. The birth of a new baby brings changes to a couple, both the new mom and the new dad. While both science and society are still…
Is Your Communication Style Internal or External?
In a relationship, communication is key. However, most people are not taught their processing and communication styles. This can lead to misunderstanding and conflict, especially if you and your partner…
New Mom Question and Answers: Postpartum Depression, Pumping and Sex
Pain while pumping, how long can PPD last, painful sex, Csection scare healing and splitting responsibilities as a stay at home mom. The questions this week in our Postpartum Q&A
Marriage After Baby: 5 Communication Tips to Save Your Relationship
By being purposeful about communicating your postpartum experience to your partner, you can improve the postpartum relationship and be a team in postpartum recovery.
Working Together with Your Partner After Baby
These 5 communication tips just might help you increase understanding, decrease assumptions, be efficient and purposeful and enjoy your time together as a family more and be a team with your partner.
Sex After Baby: The Groove
You get to the bedroom and you start to undress the mombod you’ve acquired. Maybe this feels invigorating, but for many women, this comes with a lot of overwhelming feelings. Maybe you’re experiecing painful sex or anxiety around it. You’re not alone! Postpartum sex is a topic we don’t always talk about, but we should! We are all going through it!