What New Moms Really Want In Bed...

By Barbara Nigg

SLEEP!!! Yes…it's true…after conducting my own little informal survey over coffee, tea and crumpets* and browsing through the glossy pages of "Cosmopolitan", "Ladies' Home Journal" and "Goodhousekeeping" - I've found that I am not alone! The daydreams of a glistening taut & hot muscular bod chasing my equally taut & hot muscular bod about on a yacht of my choice are long gone. Not only is my bod far, far, far from taut, hot and muscular (it never was if you really must know)…but since the birth of little Julia, I daydream of nothing but 8.5 hours of blissful, uninterrupted sleep!

At the end of the day, I am so tired, that when my husband "bounds" through the door like Whinney the Pooh's pal "Tigger" - all I have energy for is handing him little Julia and crashing on the bed (alone please). One of my "coffee mates", also pooped at the end of the day, says, "I change diapers, cuddle little Nicola, breastfeed, change diapers, tidy, cuddle little Nicola, breastfeed, tidy, breastfeed and change diapers. In the evening I don't even want to pet the cat, let alone my husband!" It's a sad state of affairs for pets and hubbies I guess!

One new mom in "Goodhousekeeping" summed it up rather nicely in her response to the question "How do you feel about sex after the baby? when she answered "Fine, just don't wake me.". On a brighter note…I do see other families with more than one child, so I assume that in a few short years, I too, may once again have the desire and energy to…well you know…. In the meantime, I'm learning how to sleep while doing other things such as driving, working, cooking, standing, walking and cleaning…so maybe tonight honey? Nah…zzzzzz zzzz zzzzzz…..