With a normal, healthy pregnancy there's no physical reason why you shouldn't enjoy an active sex life from conception through to when your waters break and your baby is no longer protected by the sac of amniotic fluid. However, there are several

There may be many times in your relationship when the thought of sex just leaves you cold. You might be pregnant and going through a phase of decreased sex drive, you may have recently given birth or be breastfeeding, perhaps you've had an illness

Misbehaving hormonesYou might be feeling frisky as hell one minute and positively repulsed by the thought of even brushing past your partner the next. But it's no surprise with all the high levels of hormones, such as progesterone and oestrogen, racing around your body during pre...

For most parents-to-be finding out the sex of your baby can be an exciting time and one which doesn’t normally occur until around midway through your pregnancy. For those of you who just can’t wait DNA Worldwide have released a kit, priced at £189

. The shape of your bump is also used to predict the sex - if your belly looks like a watermelon, it’s a girl, if it's more like a basketball, you could be expecting a boy. Also, if your bump sits quite high, it's a girl. If your bump sits low, it's a boy

What's safeOnce a couple realise they are pregnant it's perfectly natural for them to worry about the safety of sex and the impact on the baby of intercourse and orgasm, you might even worry that the baby could be poked or disturbed by the penis

What's safeOnce a couple realise they are pregnant it's perfectly natural for them to worry about the safety of sex and the impact on the baby of intercourse and orgasm, you might even worry that the baby could be poked or disturbed by the penis

sickness, tiredness, emotionally adjusting to a new reality and your physically changing self can all have a strong impact on your libido when you are expecting a baby.Coping with changes to your sex driveIt's quite common for women to go off sex during

blue line. As the months pass it's easy to start thinking about sex only in the context of babymaking: Whereas in the past you probably preferred a little romancing to lead up to sex as the grand finale, you may now feel more inclined to skip

If you've recently given birth it might not be high on your priority list right now, but at some point after the arrival of a new baby you and your partner will want to get your sex life back on track - or at least harbour vague hopes of doing so