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Podcast: Doing It Together: Making Sense of Low Libido, Sex, and Intimacy in Marriage.
Episode: Learning to Trust Your Body & the Sexual Experience Again After Miscarriage - with Alyssa | Ep. 63
Description: Alyssa is a 31-year-old high school educator who’s been married to her high school sweetheart for 9 years.
When she became sexually active in high school, she was terrified of pregnancy. Even though she was using birth control, she was so anxious for weeks afterward that it was hard to function.
Once she was married and decided to start a family, Alyssa experienced two back-to- back miscarriages. Although she was told by the medical professionals treating her that this experience was routine and normal, it left her traumatized, fearful an...