Making out / sex DURING labor? - Page 2

[salt_phoenix]

With my first, my water broke LONG before I actually went into labor, so no deal.
With my second, I did some nipple stim, but no sex just for the fun of it...

I really can't imagine it being high on the priority list during labor, but i'm certainly not opposed to it... it would have to seem right, i guess.

[Collinsky]

I love love love the idea of it, some kissing, making out, maybe more... and Dh would be totally into it. He's ALL ABOUT how hot I am in labor. Must be something primal about it, he practically growls at me "RRRRRRrr."

But during labor so far I've just not even been able to start to think of it. It's kind of like, "Are you kidding me?" Just way too much stimulation for me, it's way overwhelming to be touched at all.

I'm still open to the idea though... maybe this time... nudge nudge wink wink...

[Tiffany_PartyOf5]

I plan on using sex as a relaxation/distraction during labor but that could change once Im in labor.. and I personally dont feel comfortable having sex after my water breaks if it breaks early on lol

[SaraGriffin]

I cannot vouch for my own willingness to have sex during labor but DH told me later that he kept getting erections while I was pushing because it was very erotic to him. Lol, he was worried my parents would see and think he was a perv!

[LavenderMae]

I guess maybe I'm the lone woman out here but I would probably bite my dh's umm head off if he tried to do anything sexual while I'm in labor. I don't like to be touched at all when I am in labor and anything sexual would put me over the edge. Not my thing at all. While labor is sensual it is not sexual in the least to me.

[SublimeBirthGirl]

Originally Posted by SaraGriffin

I cannot vouch for my own willingness to have sex during labor but DH told me later that he kept getting erections while I was pushing because it was very erotic to him. Lol, he was worried my parents would see and think he was a perv!

That's fabulous!

[Collinsky]

Originally Posted by SaraGriffin

I cannot vouch for my own willingness to have sex during labor but DH told me later that he kept getting erections while I was pushing because it was very erotic to him. Lol, he was worried my parents would see and think he was a perv!

Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one ... my Dh has been totally respectful of my whole "Dont' talk, don't move, don't touch" thing during labor, but I know he'd jump me in a heartbeat if he got the green light.

[cottonwood]

Originally Posted by SaraGriffin

I cannot vouch for my own willingness to have sex during labor but DH told me later that he kept getting erections while I was pushing because it was very erotic to him. Lol, he was worried my parents would see and think he was a perv!

Just one more reason to have privacy!

With my last birth, our only totally private one, my husband woke in the middle of the night to be with me, so he wasn't quite out of that alpha state. That and the privacy together allowed him to be in this very primal place that complemented the primal place I was in already. We have a very mutual and natural attraction and I'm very comforted by his body, so I have no doubt if I hadn't been in such pain I would have found the whole thing very arousing myself. Which I'm convinced it should be, given the chemicals that are involved -- there isn't a term for birth that is analogous to "sexual arousal" but there is certainly a state that is. As it was I wasn't interested in sex at that point, nor would he have suggested it, but I was absolutely delighted by his arousal, and I'm sure it had an effect on my own hormonal process. Emotionally, I found it touching and comforting, and it was very much in keeping with the fertility goddess mentality I'd been cultivating throughout the pregnancy. It's one of my favorite memories of any of my births.

[mom2tillie]

I found some stories on this online a while ago and sent them to DH... he was very up to it... if I am... ofcourse. It never occured to me during my last labor.

With him being in Iraq until a couple of weeks before we are due, I have a feeling that we'll be making the best of every opportunity right up until the birth!

[onelilguysmommy]

we did in labor with my little one! i was contracting every 3 mins or so...he says it was really weird

it didnt help or hurt anything, if id Od bigger, i think it may have helped some, at least making something stronger, but i mainly felt my cervix dialating rather than contracting like most people do, anyway...

ive almost never not been interested, i seriously would within hours of birth, if i had someone around the first time (we were in different states) or if there wasnt a risk of infection, dang it but especially me thinking it would help me out, with the semen and all, and being the last time for a couple weeks for sure, i sure wasnt turning him down and since i was induced at almost 43 weeks the first time, i tried to lots towards the end to give my uterus the idea hehe.

when i get towards the pushing, i want quiet and darkness, but i wouldnt have minded him or my son being there (my 2yo ran off right before i pushed out the baby to play with my brother )
though thats not something id have been interested in at that point because i go into my little focus on the labor and try to get rid of anything bothering me place, but any other time isnt off limits

[jrojala]

I HAD SEX TWICE WHILE IN LABOR (MADE SURE TO ORGASM) AND MADE OUT A LOT... IT WAS WONDERFUL... I ALSO HAD CLITORAL STIMULATION (DONE BY ME- DH WAS NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH ME AT THIS POINT) DURING PUSHING. NOTHING WAS FORCED, IT JUST HAPPENDED THAT WAY- I DID NOT THINK "OKAY, TIME TO HAVE SEX/MAKE OUT" WE JUST WANTED TO.
OH, MY LABOR WAS 5 HOURS, AND REALLY VERY EASY. I HAD SEX (WITH ORGASM) AT LEAST DAILY THROUGH THE LAST 6 MONTHS OF PREGNANCY... i LIKE TO GIVE THE OL UTERI A WORKOUT

[Ecstatic]

Gosh, it's great hearing all these stories. This is how I imagine my labor experience - an intimate, loving moment between 2 people who are bringing a 3rd life into the world. I'd love to kiss, cuddle, have orgasms, etc., with my partner while in labor. After all, this is how our baby was created - between two people being intimate.

Of course, I might feel differently once it starts. But, for now, I'll continue imagining it as a very intimate, sensual moment.