So I'm 26 and my husband is 25, and I'm just about 18 weeks pregnant with my first child. I'm also a newly wed as my husband and I have been married for about 6 months now. I've heard that women lose there sex drive when there pregnant, I've lost mine totally, of course my husband doesn't believe me and says I'm making excuses to not have sex with him, so I've been forcing myself to have sex with him to make him happy. But everytime we have sex it's really painful for me, not only in the vaginal area but I keep these shooting pains up in my stomach that last sometimes up to 24 hours after we have sex. Sometimes the pain is so bad it causes me to cry...is this normal? I asked my Dr. about sex at my last appt, because early on in my pregnancy it was causing me to have some spotting problems, but the Dr. said that was normal due to the large amount of blood flow down there. Anyway I don't know if anyone else is having this problem but thought I'd ask and see if anyone has any advice for me. Thanks for your help.