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New Parent Tips – Sex and intimacy: Understanding your sexual wellbeing

31st March 2016

New Parent Tips on Sex and intimacy: understanding changes to your sexual wellbeing following the birth of your baby are published. Please share with your parents.

Having a baby is a major change in any couple’s relationship, with many parents feeling less happy in their relationship after the birth of a baby. This isn’t surprising, as a new baby means less sleep, extra work and less time for each other.

We know that this can lead to changes in a couple’s sex life, with one third of couples continuing to experience sexual difficulties up to four years after birth. Sex and intimacy is one of the issues that parents argue about after they have a new baby, but it is also one of the areas that gets talked about the least.

These parent top tips bring together a collection of evidence-based tips that new parents can put into practice today.

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