{"id":10491,"date":"2021-02-22T11:33:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T16:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.oviahealth.com\/guide\/10491\/increased-sex-drive-during-pregnancy\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T17:14:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T22:14:59","slug":"increased-sex-drive-during-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.oviahealth.com\/guide\/10491\/increased-sex-drive-during-pregnancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Increased sex drive during pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An increased sex drive is often one of the more welcome<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span>symptoms of pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What causes it?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Hormones, of course! The elevated levels of certain hormones <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 <\/span>like progesterone and estrogen <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 <\/span>in your body during pregnancy may be the most likely culprits for your heightened libido. Additionally, the increased blood flow that helps support <span class=\"pronoun-baby\" data-pronoun=\"baby\">Baby<\/span> also increases blood flow to the vulva, which can enhance sexual pleasure during pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tips?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Live it up! Besides thinking about something completely unappealing, there&#8217;s not much advice we can give you in the way of reducing your sex drive. Throughout most pregnancies, though, sex is perfectly safe and healthy. Certain pregnancy-related complications can mean sex isn&#8217;t safe during pregnancy, but in the absence of these, if you&#8217;re in the mood, get to it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Reviewed by the Ovia Health Clinical Team<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-59.oviahealth.com\/guide\/104303\/safe-sex-during-pregnancy\/\">Safe sex during pregnancy\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-59.oviahealth.com\/guide\/10490\/decreased-sex-drive-during-pregnancy\/\">Decreased sex drive during pregnancy\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mayo Clinic Staff. &#8220;Sex during pregnancy: What&#8217;s OK, what&#8217;s not.&#8221;\u00a0<em>MayoClinic.\u00a0<\/em>Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Jul 2015. Web. Accessed 6\/28\/17. Available at\u00a0http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/healthy-lifestyle\/pregnancy-week-by-week\/in-depth\/sex-during-pregnancy\/art-20045318.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Sex during pregnancy.&#8221;\u00a0<em>MarchofDimes.\u00a0<\/em>March of Dimes Foundation, Jun 2015. Web. Accessed 6\/28\/17. Available at\u00a0http:\/\/www.marchofdimes.org\/pregnancy\/sex-during-pregnancy.aspx.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the more welcome symptoms of pregnancy, many women experience an increased sex drive during 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