The Mother S Guide To Sex

A hip, no-holds-barred guide to combining the joy of sex with the joy of motherhood. Just because you're a mother, or about to become one, doesn't mean you have to kiss your sex life good-bye. Finally, here's a unique guidebook that offers practical advice on honoring your sexuality throughout every stage of motherhood. Honest, humorous, and reassuring, The Mother's Guide to Sex delivers comprehensive information about sex and parenting, including recommendations from medical experts, sex experts, and the best experts of all -- hundreds of other mothers, whose candid anecdotes and suggestions will support, encourage, and inspire you to explore your maternal sexuality. As they sound off about the ebb and flow of desire, conflicting feelings about how their bodies have changed, the challenges they face in renegotiating their relationship with their sexuality, and more, you'll realize that you're not alone in your yearning to combine motherhood and a good sex life. You'll learn: * how motherhood makes you a better lover * how to enjoy healthy, safe sex during pregnancy and the postpartum period * what factors affect your sex drive, why so many mothers lose desire, and ways to reclaim it * how your sex life can survive despite limited time, energy, and privacy * why single moms are entitled to great sex, and how to get it * ten good reasons to talk to your kids about sex, and what to say * how to model positive sexual behavior for your kids * where to find the best resources on sex and parenting

If you think that just because you're a mother you don't have time for love, sex, and romance anymore, think again! It's true that household chores, in-home and outside-the-home work responsibilities, and family pressures often combine to leave mothers tired, cranky, and downright uninterested in anything romantic. But finding time to indulge in shared moments with your significant other is paramount to a mom's happiness and fulfillment. One Hot Mamma! is your perfect, all-in-one source for learning how to focus attention on your loved one. Divided into three sections-love, romance, and sex-One Hot Mamma! provides a range of ideas to help you put the spark back in your relationship. By drawing on the experiences of busy mothers everywhere, Ann Kluth and Marie Aumann show you how to: Honor your relationship Celebrate your commitment to each other Demonstrate your appreciation for your mate Create time for togetherness Enhance your sex life and keep lovemaking satisfying This invaluable relationship guide can be used to inspire new ideas in the moment or as a daily or weekly reminder to put yourself on your list of priorities. Reclaim your romantic life and be known as One Hot Mamma!

Who was your mother before she was a mother? Essays and photos from Brit Bennett, Jennifer Egan, Danzy Senna, Laura Lippman, Jia Tolentino, and many more. In this remarkable collection, New York Times–bestselling novelist Edan Lepucki gathers more than sixty original essays and favorite photographs to explore this question. The daughters in Mothers Before are writers and poets, artists and teachers, and the images and stories they share reveal the lives of women in ways that are vulnerable and true, sometimes funny, sometimes sad, and always moving. Contributors include: Brit Bennett * Jennine Capó Crucet * Jennifer Egan * Angela Garbes * Annabeth Gish * Alison Roman * Lisa See * Danzy Senna * Dana Spiotta * Lan Samantha Chang * Laura Lippman * Jia Tolentino * Tiffany Nguyen * Charmaine Craig * Maya Ramakrishnan * Eirene Donohue * and many others

Is what I'm feeling normal? Is what my body is doing normal? Am I normal? How do I know what are the right choices to make? How do I know how to behave? How do I fix it when I make a mistake? Let's talk about it. Growing up is complicated. How do you find the answers to all the questions you have about yourself, about your identity, and about your body? Let's Talk About It provides a comprehensive, thoughtful, well-researched graphic novel guide to everything you need to know. Covering relationships, friendships, gender, sexuality, anatomy, body image, safe sex, sexting, jealousy, rejection, sex education, and more, Let's Talk About It is the go-to handbook for every teen, and the first in graphic novel form.

From the Introduction: For a mother regaining her sexual self, it’s less about learning the latest and greatest blow job technique and more about figuring out how to make a sexual relationship work when the batteries from your vibrator are now powering your baby monitor and the last orgasm you had was when your baby slept four hours in a row. Motherhood undoubtedly affects our sex lives, but with little opportunity to explore the new changes in our bodies and sexual beings, like many mothers we focus on making sure our kids have perfectly mashed organic bananas and fair-trade hemp organic diapers. And while their tummies and asses are pesticide-free, we’re wishing someone cared about ours (or at least our asses) just as much. This guide gives moms everywhere permission to exchange their mommy jeans for something just a bit more, um . . . flattering. Self-proclaimed Mominatrix and author of the popular sex column of the same name, Kristen Chase proves that there is more to motherhood than diapers and timeouts. Good moms can be sexy mamas with just a little mominatrix training!

This inclusive guide to how every family begins is an honest, cheerful tool for conversations between parents and their young ones. To make a baby you need one egg, one sperm, and one womb. But every family starts in its own special way. This book answers the "Where did I come from?" question no matter who the reader is and how their life began. From all different kinds of conception through pregnancy to the birth itself, this candid and cozy guide is just right for the first conversations that parents will have with their children about how babies are made.

An insatiable need for sex and love. Periods of overeating or starving. A pattern of unstable and painful relationships. Does this sound painfully familiar? Trauma counselor Kelly McDaniel has seen these traits over and over in clients who feel trapped in cycles of harmful behaviors-and are unable to stop. Many of us find ourselves stuck in unhealthy habits simply because we don't see a better way. With Mother Hunger, McDaniel helps women break the cycle of destructive behavior by taking a fresh look at childhood trauma and its lasting impact. In doing so, she destigmatizes the shame that comes with being under-mothered and misdiagnosed. McDaniel offers a healing path with powerful tools that include therapeutic interventions and lifestyle changes in service to healthy relationships. The constant search for mother love can be a lifelong emotional burden, but healing begins with knowing and naming what we are missing. McDaniel is the first clinician to identify Mother Hunger, which demystifies the search for love and provides the compass that each woman needs to end the struggle with achy, lonely emptiness, and come home to herself.