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Sex while pregnant

Im 9weeks pregnant & have no desire to have sex at all, partly due to my constant stomach pain too. My partner is pretty understanding most of the time but I feel like he thinks Im doing it on purpose.

Ive heard that alot of pregnant women cant get enough & have a higher sex drive but Im just the opposite.

Did any of you have this problem, if so, how did you work around it...?
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Yup like they all say , its common. I was like that too in my first trimester. Now its coming back im 16 weeks now. So i say just give it time and talk to your partner about it.
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7420616 tn?1401158804
At 6 weeks I started feeling stomach pains and the morning was aweful and did not make me feel sexy or want to have sex but once I hit my 2nd trimester and im feeling less sick and less pain at 12 weeks I got my sex drive back :) it happens and its ok to not put sex as your number one priority. The daddy should understand pregnancy isnt easy and he shouldnt push it. Good luck!
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7221458 tn?1389406345
In the beginning I didn't want sex like that either, for me it was in the middle when I started to really want it. Now that I'm 34 weeks I don't really care for it like that right now
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Before I got pregnant I wanted sex all the time. First and part of my second trimester I wanted it nonstop every day for hours and now that I'm about to be in the third I dont want it as much. Your sex drive fluctuates throughout your pregnancy just got to go with the flow of things. I'm now 26w+2days
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Very common, during first trimester I had no desire or want for sex. I felt bad for my fiance but he understood, I would still give it to him occssionally even though I didn't want it. Am now in second trimester and I get in the mood at times but still just rather not. Dont feel bad, you are not the only one mama, I promise.
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Im 35 +4 and have unfortunately dreaded sex my entire pregnancy. Poor SO has been very understanding though. No matter what he does i just don't want it and it was the complete opposite before i got pregnant. I do it still for him and have been more lately, but mostly so i can dilate/thin out faster.
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Thats common during your first trimester . I was the same . my husband annoyed the crap out of me . poor guy. But when i got into my second trimester I had my energy back and felt great and actually wanted sex. Even when I didn't I felt bad for always turning him down so I would anyway. But your sex drive will come back. Just try and work something out . I would give hubby oral sex when I didn't want to have sex. And he did not have a problem with that lol
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