Ask Evie: I Haven’t Been In The Mood For Sex Since I Got Pregnant. How Do I Connect With My Husband During This Time?

READER’S QUESTION: “I am currently 18 weeks pregnant with my first child, and most things are going well. We're both healthy, but I am really struggling to be amorous with my husband. Prior to pregnancy, I had a fairly high libido. We regularly ‘engaged’ multiple times a week, and even when life got in the way we rarely went more than 7 days or so. Since my hormones changed, I have had zero desire to do anything in bed other than sleep. In the first trimester, I assumed it was just the exhaustion that comes with devoting energy to creating a new life. I intimately learned the meaning of ‘debilitating fatigue.’