Naya Rivera: Sex with my husband has become "a bit odd"

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Sara McGinnis

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There's no shortage of changes going on in the bedroom now that Naya Rivera has reached her second trimester of pregnancy.

Opening up about what's new now that she's passed the nausea and fatigue of the early months, the actress wrote in a blog for People that it has been "amazing to finally not have to deal with the misery and discomfort most women face in their first trimester. But how awful is it to feel like your old self again, but not be able to participate in any of those fun activities you once took for granted?"

The 25-year-old star, who wed Ryan Dorsey in July, continued:

"During this time I had many a vivid dream about martinis and the occasional cigarette that felt so real I found myself panicking when I awoke thinking that I must have sleep smoked or drank. I didn’t of course, but was deeply repressing my urge for my old life."

Speaking of what's happening in their bedroom, Naya Rivera also wrote:

"Other things changed as well. Things like sex with my husband became a bit odd for me due to the fact that I was now limited to about two positions in order to not squash — as my husband puts it — 'it’s roof' or have the baby (my belly) staring him in the face. I feel like men are constantly imagining their baby winking at them when they make love to their pregnant wives thus making sexy times more few and far between."

Which has caused quite a few commenters to freak. It seems many on the celebrity news site aren't quite ready to hear about the realities of pregnancy sex! Comments on their page range from "Super classy blog post :eye roll," to "TMI and classless," and worse.

Here, on the BabyCenter Blog, I'd like to think we're a little more open to discussing all of the details of having and growing a family (we've even got a resource page on the topic), and I know for a fact Ryan isn't alone in being a bit weirded out by having sex while his child is growing inside his wife. That's a common dad-to-be feeling, so why shouldn't we talk about it?

During my first pregnancy nausea put a damper on our love life, but things picked up again in the second trimester. I can specifically recall a few intense encounters in the third trimester, thanks to all of those hormones flooding through me, but overall I'd say we did it less frequently than pre-pregnancy. My husband was also a tiny bit weirded out by the baby between us, but not enough to let that stop the action entirely.

I didn't keep a tally, but it's probably safe to say there was even less action going on during my second pregnancy. There's nothing quite like gestating new life and running after a 1-year-old to ensure you're thoroughly exhausted!

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