Get Your Mojo Back: Sex, Pleasure and Intimacy After Birth

Did you know that 83% percent of new mothers go through some form of sexual dysfunction and pain post pregnancy? So why is no one talking about it? Get Your Mojo Back by Clio Wood breaks the silence on this feminist topic and tells us exactly how to reclaim our sexuality whilst also improving our mental and physical wellbeing after birth.

Focusing on all of the practical aspects that can affect your sexual experience and intimate relationships in motherhood, each chapter contains a personal story to relate to as well as tips to overcome unfulfilling sex and numbness, painful postpartum intercourse and struggles with your new identity, mental health and changed body. Plus, of course, reignite that all important spark with your partner!

The book contains expert information from women's healthcare professionals including: obstetricians, physios and psychologists specialising in perinatal mental health, trauma and sex & relationships.

" Motherhood takes over your identity after you have a baby and your own identity takes a back seat; Get Your Mojo Back is here to reassure you that it doesn't always have to be that way and guide you back to yourself and your own pleasure too." - Clio Wood

Clio Wood is a maternal health and sex positivity advocate, journalist and Founder of &Breathe.  She create &Breathe, an award-winning wellbeing retreat company, after she experienced the traumatic birth of her first daughter and subsequent postnatal depression, PTSD and pelvic floor issues.  Through her own experience and the creation of &Breathe she became deeply knowledgeable on postnatal and menopause health and sexual wellbeing and began to champion these areas through her writing, speaking and ultimately her first book, Get Your Mojo Back, Sex, Pleasure and Intimacy After Birth (Watkins, 2023).

Clio is married to Bryn and they live with their two daughters in London.  She has also lived in Paris, Singapore, and on a canal boat.  Clio has a degree in Modern Languages from Cambridge University and speaks fluent French and Spanish that should be better.  

She has been featured in or written for The Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Grazia, HuffPost and iNews amongst many others.