Great Sex for Moms: Ten Steps to Nurturing Passion While Raising Kids [Paperback]

Valerie Davis Raskin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 9, 2002

The only book from a physician-mom with warm, practical, and medically sound advice that will help moms reclaim their passion for sex

There's one thing that almost every mother knows but won't discuss: Sex drive diminishes after a baby is born, and it's a struggle to reclaim passion in the years that follow.

In Great Sex for Moms Dr. Raskin brings the problem out into the open -- at last. From her fifteen years as a psychiatrist she knows that mothers silently rationalize that sex will return "after the baby sleeps through the night," then "when the children start having sleepovers," and then "once the kids go to college." And she believes that eighteen years is an awfully long time to wait.

Dr. Raskin reveals the reasons that women's bodies and minds betray them, resulting in a sleepy libido. The great news is that it's easier than you might think to wake it up. Insisting that a healthy parental sex life is in the children's best interests, Dr. Raskin shows you how to:

• Overcome the feeling that you're the only one in America with a boring sex life
• Leave your mother persona at the bedroom door to rescue your sexual self
• Banish the inner censor and talk about sex with your partner
• Stop frenzied, on-demand mothering so you can nourish your libido

Great Sex for Moms is perhaps the most important book a mother can read for nurturing her marriage, her children, and above all, her own sexuality.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Chérie Carter-Scott, Ph.D. author of The Gift of Motherhood and If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules This book is a must for staying sane while raising children.

Isadora Alman author of Doing It: Real People Having Really Good Sex Great Sex for Moms will do much to revive the sexual pleasure and intimacy that often get lost in parenting.

Olivia St. Claire author of 302 Advanced Techniques for Driving a Man Wild in Bed Straightforward advice and proof positive that moms can be sex goddesses, too.

About the Author

Valerie Davis Raskin, M.D., is clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Chicago. She lives with her family in the Chicago area.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Touchstone; Original edition (April 9, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743212657
• ISBN-13: 978-0743212656
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #686,358 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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62 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There is hope for Moms... and Dads!, April 23, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Great Sex for Moms: Ten Steps to Nurturing Passion While Raising Kids (Paperback)

At first glance the title catches one's eye - Great Sex for Moms.
There is a quick glance around to make sure no one is looking as one
picks up the book in the bookstore. That single act of picking up the
book to read the jacket (or ordering it from Amazon.com)is a primary
step in doing what this book advocates. Dr. Raskin constructs her
book around intentionality. Instead of simply accepting the status
quo, the reader is challenged to take steps which will bring a great
sex life - in spite of kids! In these pages it becomes apparent that
the physician part of Raskin has merged with the romantic and mother
sides of her being. She speaks as one with incredible integrity. Her
writing is informed by her mind, heart, and experience. What can beat
that?

Humor is coupled with very specific and helpful suggestions
about re-kindling a healthy, fulfilling sex life. While the subject
matter is serious, there is a playfulness that creates a comfort level
for the reader. At one point Raskin writes, "...I hope my mother and
children never read this chapter..." - Raskin knows her readers well.

Great Sex for Moms is a book for Dads too! If read as a couple,
the conversations which ensue will guarantee a better sex life!

40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars sexy and practical, April 28, 2002

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"kayteesmom" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Sex for Moms: Ten Steps to Nurturing Passion While Raising Kids (Paperback)

I bought this book because I'm a fan of Dr. Raskin's other books, and I love this one too. You really feel like she knows you personally. My favorite chapter is how to talk to your husband about sex, but I also like her suggestions on how to get your libido charged. You don't feel ridiculous because she completely gets what the issues are for mothers. Thank you, thank you!

42 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars she really tried, but my sex life is no better, February 15, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Great Sex for Moms: Ten Steps to Nurturing Passion While Raising Kids (Paperback)

wow, this author is awesome. i think she is so caring and cool and helpful. however, as a new mom in my 20s, i think this book is not for my generation. a lot of it was written with people born in the 40s, 50s and 60s in mind. people in my generation (born 70s, 80s) who are having kids and have low libido already know a lot about sex, erotica and communication. however there were some good tips in the book. she's a cool lady