How to maintain intimacy while growing tiny humans: everything dual career and power couples need to know

“There are small things you can do as baby’s on the way, so that you don't lose each other. Silliness and laughter open up your heart, which strengthens emotional intimacy. During pregnancy, rubbing on the mama's belly, hips, and lower back is orgasmic in and of itself! And you can ignite and move that same energy even when you have a crying baby at home.”

In this episode, Balance and Relationship Expert Naketa Ren Thigpen joins Pros&Babes founder and CEO Kinia Romanowska to share how pregnancy and parenthood - and the hormonal changes couples experience later in life - affect desire, alongside practical tips we can act on every day to keep our relationship sizzling. 

This episode is all about cultivating intimacy as a couple at every stage, so that your relationship can stay healthy and grow stronger through the joys and challenges of parenthood - and beyond. 

0:00 Intro 

4:10 The transformations no one prepares us for, and how they affect intimacy 

5:39 What happens to libido when baby’s on the way 

9:22 Orgasmic laughter!

11:42 Crying babies and other disruptions (...some are of your own making)

12:21 The magic of Pokémon 

14:07 “Mommy and Daddy need to rest:” how to stay intimate when the kids get inquisitive

17:38 Conversations you can’t avoid 

22:14 When sex is the elephant in room: why couples no longer talk about sex 

23:25 Can’t blame it on the kids!

26:35 “I’m growing....are you?”: how to stay together when self-growth is a solo journey

If you’re enjoying the show, I’d be so grateful if you left us a review so we can reach more moms, just like you. No one should be alone with the crushing overwhelm of trying to balance family and career life.


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Kinia Romanowska, BA, MA, is a well-traveled award-winning journalist turned entrepreneur, maternity leave strategist, and working parent whisperer. A wife and mom of three passionate about making sure the next generation doesn’t experience the “Motherhood Penalty,” she is the founder and CEO of Pros&Babes and creator of the MoMBA (Mom MBA), the pioneering 360-leadership and personal development program for the busy, ambitious mom in Canada. She is the host of the “Engineer Your Success, Leadership, and Life Harmony #likeamother” podcast.