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How to increase libido in women after childbirth. Recommendations. The role of a partner

How to increase libido in women after childbirth. Recommendations. The role of a partner

How to increase libido after childbirth

Decreased sex drive in women after childbirth – one of the most frequent reasons for family couples to seek help from a sexologist. You need to solve the problem only with a specialist, trainings and seminars on the topic "How to increase libido after childbirth" should be considered only as cognitive. Often they are not useful, because lecturers do not take into account the individual characteristics of a person and give general recommendations.

Reasons of decreased libido

There are 2 groups of reasons that can provoke a decrease in sexual desire in a woman after childbirth:

  1. Physiological – hormonal changes in the body in connection with pregnancy and breastfeeding. The same group includes some diseases that often develop in the postpartum period – vaginismus, thrush, colpitis.
  2. Psychological – difficult relationship with a partner (man), dissatisfaction with one's own figure, postpartum depression, worries about the baby's health.

Sometimes sex drive can decrease while taking hormonal contraceptives and/or antidepressants. In this case, the problem can be solved by canceling the drugs, replacing them with others, but similar in effect.

How to increase a woman's libido

There are a number of medical recommendations that, if strictly followed, help to increase a woman's sex drive after childbirth. It is necessary to be patient – there will be no quick results, but the improvement will come literally in 2 weeks. How to increase libido in women after childbirth without the use of drugs? The following recommendations must be followed:

  1. Young mothers need to arrange rest for themselves. You can arrange with relatives to babysit the baby, and rest yourself. It is important for a woman to get enough sleep (for this, at least 6 hours of full night's sleep is necessary) and to be able to devote time to herself – arrange walks in the park alone, shopping, meetings in cafes with girlfriends.
  2. View the diet. If there are no strict medical restrictions during breastfeeding, then aphrodisiac products can be included in the menu. These include dark chocolate, bell pepper, bananas and mangoes, any nuts and citrus fruits. Ginger, saffron, nutmeg, cloves should be added to dishes.
  3. Do not avoid physical activity. They should be regular, but moderate. First, it will help to get rid of excess weight, and therefore, it will give self-confidence and eliminate doubts about one's own appearance. Secondly, physical education normalizes the work of all organs and tissues.
  4. Introduce elements of diversity in sex. A man (partner) can also restore a woman's libido after childbirth. For this, he can use various sex toys in love games, drag out the foreplay. And after learning new sensations and feeling the care of her beloved man, the woman herself will show the desire to enter into sexual contact with him.

Drugs that increase libido are sold in pharmacies. But they should be used only on the recommendation of a doctor who will confirm the need to increase libido with medication.

On our website https://dobrobut.com/ you can get an initial consultation and find out who to contact for increasing libido.

Updated: 08.05.2025
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