Ad Sponsor:Get your breastfeeding journey BACK ON TRACK with a Lactation Consult with Heather! Telehealth available and some insurance accepted. Click the link below for the deets.Click here to Work with HeatherFollow us on the socials! @milk_minute_podcast on Insta and @MIlkMinutePodcast on Facebook, where you can join our thriving community! We'd love to hear from you: email at milkminutepodcast@gmail.com. To support the show (which we'd love for you to do! And, get bonus content, and more!), our Patreon is patreon.com/milkminutepodcast.Table of Contents:02:03:00- Feedback from listeners04:19:00- First-hand account of sex and breastfeeding relationship06:06:00- The biology of the THREE major hormones that relate to sex and breastfeeding. 16:10:00- The best research we could find on breastfeeding and female sexual “function”.24:45:00- How low partnership quality and maternal depressive symptoms affect sex in the postpartum period.28:19:00- Why the Edinburgh screening for postpartum depression is so important30:00:00- What you need in order to make sex go smoothly while lactating34:07:00- A note for trauma survivors36:22:00- Comments from listeners on lactating during sexSources:Matthies, L. M., Wallwiener, M., Sohn, C., Reck, C., Müller, M., & Wallwiener, S. (2019). The influence of partnership quality and breastfeeding on postpartum female sexual function. Archives of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 299(1), 69–77. https://doi-org.frontier.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s00404-018-4925-zSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/milkminutepodcast)