Fourth Trimester

Childbirth is a monumental event in a woman’s life with the focus is often directed towards the new bundle of joy.

Birthing however has a huge impact on a woman’s physical and emotional wellbeing.

Birthing often brings changes a woman’s identity, relationships and self-image. Read More

Here is the final installment of what I hope has been a helpful series. I have to admit, it’s not exactly comfortable getting so vulnerable with this topic, but I want Out of the Nest to be a place where we can lift the lid on some of these difficult issues. We’ve looked at the physical obstacles, we’ve looked at the social obstacles, and in this last post, I want to look at the mental obstacles. Read More

In my last post, I started to list some of the physical obstacles to enjoying sex after you have had kids. Today I want to continue that theme, highlighting some of the social obstacles. I mentioned last time Dr. Rosie King. I listened to a webinar of hers last year and she said something that really stuck with me: 55% of women need the context to be just right before being able to enjoy sex.
55%! That’s over half of us, ladies. Read More

I can’t help but have Salt ‘N’ Pepper run through my head right now- ‘Let’s talk about Sex baby….’

But yes Let’s!

This is part 1 of a 3 part blog on this topic…because girls, I had a lot to say. This is one of those topics that I have always found tricky. It’s something I really wanted to talk about but wasn’t sure who to talk to or even what to say. Sex for most of us was a big part of our relationship before children and was the very thing that brought you to motherhood in the first place—in most cases. Yet, once we cross over into motherhood, it’s a whole new thing to navigate. Does it change? Should it change? What is “normal”? What’s it like for others? These are all questions that are so hard to ask; and even if you are bold enough to voice them, who do you ask? Read More