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One of the things about being pregnant is that, the physical presence of carrying a
baby, can affect your feelings about intimacy with your partner. And, also, your partners
feelings about being intimate with you. And, that's something often people find very, very,
very difficult to talk about. Now, if you basically are worried about having ***
intercourse because you're pregnant or you're worried about the impact of having ***
intercourse with your partner because she's pregnant. And, you're not making that clear, all sorts of assumptions
can come up, which is oh, you know 'he doesn't fancy me anymore' or 'now she's got the baby
she doesn't really care about me'. Those things can go round in circles. So, try to have gentle
conversations about it. Or, at least if it's an issue for you, be able to say 'look I'm
sorry it's not great at the moment, but, it's just I'm feeling this, I'm feeling that, it's
nothing to do with you'. It's certainly true that for some men, they do not find their
wife when she's very pregnant as attractive. And, we know, for example, that for some men
they're much more likely to have an affair at that stage. Maybe not have an affair at
another stage. Now, that seems a pretty awful thing doesn't it? Here you are pregnant, but
it does happen. If it happens to you, you're not the only one, and do get some support
with it. But, I think it's important to recognise that pregnancy is about quite a lot of physical
and emotional change, and it will affect the intimate side of relationships