This gives you time to heal following delivery or surgery. Between the late-night feedings and early-morning dirty diapers, however, sex may be the last thing on your mind. Your body is undergoing a lot of change during this time. This includes changes brought on by breastfeeding. Some women find that the extra attention to their breasts, as well as the engorged shape, make them feel less attractive. Others feel more attractive. All of these things are normal. Keep these factors in mind when you feel ready to be intimate with your partner again after the arrival of your baby. Yes, breastfeeding can affect your sex drive.

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Fifty-three percent of our respondents said they are having sex. While 16 percent of mamas waited between three to six months to have sex, 7 percent waited more than a year. New moms are navigating big changes—to their body, their relationship, their life—so taking a sex break may not be surprising. But 24 percent of moms surveyed said they feel guilty about not having sex. We asked breastfeeding women what if anything they added to their sex life post-baby. Forty-three percent of moms having sex said they added lubricant —which makes sense to us birth!
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Leaking milk, constant feedings—no wonder you're not in the mood! But you can reclaim some of the pre-baby passion. It was late at night, and our 4-month-old son was up for his last call at the milk bar. My husband discovered us in the rocking chair just as the baby dozed off. What had he said?
Expectant and new parents have many concerns regarding the relationship between sexuality and breastfeeding. How is a new mother's libido affected by breastfeeding? Why do some women get sexually excited when breastfeeding? Is this frequent or normal? How does the partner feel about breasts full of milk? Why do breasts leak during a woman's orgasm? Perinatal educators are in a privileged position to reassure these parents about this relationship while promoting the breastfeeding bond between the mother and child and the intimacy bond between the parents. The goal of this continuing education module is to encourage programs of perinatal education to expand their content to include demystifying the subject of sex and breastfeeding since it is still considered taboo by many to think of the two together. The issues are based on common concerns and worries expressed by expectant and new parents attending perinatal education classes. Thus, the subject should be addressed in our perinatal education programs.