A mum says her sex drive "skyrocketed" during pregnancy – and was still at it three days a week - weeks before she gave birth.<br /><br />Christina Campbell, 30, found herself wanting to have sex “all the time” during her second pregnancy.<br /><br />It came as a surprise for the mum-of-two who was “never in the mood” when she was expecting with her eldest daughter, now two.<br /><br />Prior to falling pregnant Christina and her husband Samuel, 29, who is in the navy, had been having sex once a week on average.<br /><br />In her second pregnancy they were intimate every other day and she said her orgasms were “much stronger”.<br /><br />She claims they were regularly at it - up to three times a week - up until she was 34 weeks along.<br /><br />The pair continued to have sex once a week until Christina was 37 weeks pregnant - just two weeks before their daughter, now three months, was born.<br /><br />Christina, a stay-at-home mum, from Virginia Beach, Virginia, US, said: “My hormones skyrocketed.<br /><br />“I was sick but horny.<br /><br />“I wanted to have sex all the time.<br /><br />“I had a very high sex drive.”<br /><br />Christina’s first pregnancy was the complete opposite as she had just been diagnosed with Crohn's disease - a lifelong condition where parts of the digestive system become inflamed - and was struggling with flare ups.<br /><br />She said: “I was very sick and had a very low sex drive.<br /><br />“I never wanted to do it.<br /><br />“I was never in the mood.<br /><br />“We had sex a couple of times a month - if my husband was lucky.”<br /><br />Despite not having the urge to be intimate, Christina did discover that her climaxes were stronger.<br /><br />When she fell pregnant again, she was expecting a similar feeling but found she had more of an urge.<br /><br />She said: “Going into the second I was expecting to not enjoy it.<br /><br />“But I found myself wanting to more often.<br /><br />“Hormones make it really good.<br /><br />“During pregnancy I was climaxing multiple times.<br /><br />“I feel a different climax – it’s much stronger.<br /><br />“It was insane.<br /><br />“I miss that sex.<br /><br />“We were having sex every other day.”<br /><br />Christina kept an open conversation with Samuel – and they each checked in with each other to make sure neither of them were uncomfortable at any point.<br /><br />She said: “My husband wasn’t like – ‘that’s gross’.<br /><br />“I let him know that if he feels uncomfortable to let me know.<br /><br />“When it comes to sex – communication is very important.”<br /><br />Since giving birth to her second daughter in June 2023, Christina did initially notice a drop in her sex drive but was back at it after three weeks.<br /><br />She said: “Even with two kids we find the time.<br /><br />"I don't mind doing it with the baby in the cot."<br /><br />After experiencing very different sex drives in her two pregnancies, Christina wants other women there is no wrong or right.<br /><br />She said: “It’s OK if you don’t want it and if you find yourself not being able to keep your hands off your partner that’s OK too.<br /><br />“As long as you are cleared to do it, you should do it.<br /><br />“Go for it.”
