Three times he's in the mood
Before Your Date
Start getting ready for a night out early so there's time for post-shower fun.
In the A.M.
He's so rested, not thinking about work, and raring to go, he won't even notice the crust in your eyes.
The Middle of the Night
With no alarm clock to answer to, 3 a.m. nooky will help him drift back to sleep.
, September 2009
We break down the types of pain and their causes.
Your breasts feel tender before your period.
It's the result of normal hormone changes that happen a week or two before your flow. Relieve it by cutting back on caffeine or taking an anti-inflammatory painkiller.
You have sharp pain in one breast only.
It may be a sign of a breast infection, which can happen if you've bumped it accidentally. See your gyno, who can give you antibiotics.
One or both breasts ache after sex.
The likely scenario: Your guy was rough with your rack without you realizing it in the moment.
Source: Jennifer Ashton, Ob-Gyn in Englewood, New Jersey, and CBS News Medical Correspondent
- from Cosmopolitan Magazine
Being turned on affects you above the waist too.
Your breasts feel bigger.
Sexual arousal increases blood flow throughout your body. One side effect: Your girls feel like they're swelling up.
There's not a noticeable change in size, but many women say they have a sensation of fullness. And it may be more pronounced toward the end of your cycle, when estrogen and progesterone levels fluctuate, possibly causing an even plumper feel.
Your nipples and the surrounding areolae are loaded with nerve endings. When your libido is raging, their sensitivity is heightened, making them super-receptive to even the lightest, gentlest stimulation.
The skin on your set reddens.
That increased blood flow also causes blood vessels to dilate. This actually can be seen through the thin skin on and around your breasts as a red flushing.
Source: Jennifer Ashton, Ob-Gyn in Englewood, New Jersey
- from Cosmopolitan Magazine
Sex drive dragging? One of these may be the culprit.
Your pill prescription
Oral contraceptives decrease your body's production of estrogen and testosterone, two hormones that directly influence your level of sexual interest. As a result, some women on birth-control pills feel less of an urge to get busy. If you experience this, check in with your gyno and ask her to prescribe a Pill with a different hormone combination.
Feeling uptight
When you're anxious, your body releases stress hormones into your bloodstream, which can shut down desire in many women. Tension also has a psychological impact on your interest in sex.
Boozing it up
Sure, a few cocktails can make you feel frisky at first. But alcohol is a depressant, meaning that after a few hours, it slows bodily functions—including your ability to become aroused and be in the mood for physical fun with your guy.
Source: Marjorie Green, MD, Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School and Advisory-Board Member of the Women's Sexual Health Foundation in Cincinnati
- from Cosmopolitan Magazine
How he wants to wake up on alarm-free mornings
Bring him coffee in bed... in the buff.
Make a Little Noise
Whisper the steamy stuff you're going to do to him.
Use Your Hands
Slowly rouse him by caressing his back.
, October 2008
Just a few meditation sessions can jack up your sex drive and speed arousal, say researchers at Canada's University of British Columbia and Israel's Hadassah University Hospital. They measured reactions among 24 women watching an erotic film, then again after the subjects had attended three mindfulness meditation courses. Watching the same movie, the women were markedly more turned on than during the first viewing.
"Mindfulness can directly change brain processing and allow women to experience arousal more acutely," says study coauthor Lori Brotto, PhD.
- from Prevention Magazine
More information:
This is a meditation manual, a nuts-and-bolts, step-by-step guide to Insight meditation. It is meant to be practical. It is meant for use.
Three bedroom-related rack-health issues
My nipples aren’t very responsive. Is this normal?
Yes. Though a woman’s nipples are packed with nerve endings, not all chicks get aroused by having them played with.
Breast tenderness after a bedroom session probably means your man was a bit too rough. Because breasts are sensitive, it may not take much to leave them tender or bruised. If the pain doesn’t go away in ten days, check in with your gyno to see if something else is to blame.
What does my man mean when he says my breasts feel lumpy?
Some women have lumpier breasts than others do, so it could just be the way your boobs are. But if he’s touching them the week before your period, the lumpiness is most likely a side effect of PMS, when hormone changes swell breasts.
Source: Katherine Lee, MD, Breast Specialist at the Cleveland Clinic Breast Center
- from Cosmopolitan Magazine
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