Sex During & After Pregnancy: Myths, Body Changes & Pelvic Floor Recovery ft. Dr. Erica Kesselman

Send us Fan MailPregnancy changes everything about your body — and your sex life — yet most OB appointments never cover what is actually happening to your sexual health during and after pregnancy. In this episode, Dr. Stephanie Zwonitzer, DNP, sits down with Dr. Erica Kesselman, known as The Girlfriend's Gyno, to debunk the most common myths about sex during pregnancy, address the real physiological and emotional changes affecting intimacy, and give pregnant and postpartum women the honest clinical information they deserve. Topics covered: the most persistent myths about sexual activity during pregnancy and what is actually safe, how hormonal and physiological changes during each trimester affect desire, arousal, and comfort, the emotional dimensions of intimacy during pregnancy and how to navigate them with a partner, how birth experiences including vaginal delivery and cesarean section impact postpartum sexual health, pelvic floor recovery after birth and why it is essential for returning to comfortable sexual activity, communication strategies for couples navigating the intimacy shifts that come with pregnancy and new parenthood, postpartum hormonal changes and their effect on libido and sexual function, and when to seek help if sexual health challenges persist after delivery. Find Dr. Kesselman at thegirlfriendsgyno.com and on Instagram at @thegirlfriendsgyno.Work with Dr. [email protected] with Between the Sheets:IG: @ReviveISHEmail: [email protected]#podmatchWant to be a guest on Between the Sheets: Exploring Sexual Health & Wellness? Send Stephanie a message on PodMatch here: https://podmatch.com/hostdetailpreviews/btswithdrzEpisode is sponsored by Boston Scientific and EDCure. For more information click here:www.EDCure.com/BTS