A YOUNG mum has won hordes of fans after admitting the thought of having sex while pregnant makes her feel physically sick.
Sophie Cachia is a blogger from Melbourne and she already has one child with her husband Jaryd.
The 25-year-old mum is 17 weeks in to her second pregnancy at the moment, and her sex drive has taken a complete nose dive.
"I’m normally a naturally horny person," she explained in a YouTube video.
"I love having sex, I always have and I hope that I always do, but then I get pregnant and the thought of sex physically makes me sick.
“The thought of being touched makes me shiver.
“The thought of kissing someone for a long period of time makes me wanna puke.
“I can’t even talk about it without getting uncomfortable I’m like squeezing my legs tight together at the thought of it.”
Sophie and her husband normally have sex regularly, which is why this has been such a shock.
Luckily Jaryd is really understanding and knows she still fancies him.
This happened to Sophie during her first pregnancy too, but not at the same level.
That was more because she was so ill – the young mum was sick as much as 15 times a day.
"During my first pregnancy it was more of a case of am I going to get motion sickness from having sex rather than now it’s just I don’t even wanna think about it," she said.
"I had a sex drive and now I don’t and I don’t know what the hell to do.”
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The couple tried to get pregnant for eight months the second time around, and Sophie, who runs The Young Mummy, thinks this could be playing into things.
She was initially worried about sleeping with her husband as she didn't want anything to affect her unborn child.
On top of that she's constantly "agitated" and doesn't feel confident.
"I think that agitation comes from just not wanting to be touched… the thought of it just disgusts me," she said.
"This time around… I’m feeling so unattractive in my body, it’s not a nice feeling.
"I struggle to really feel like myself when I’m pregnant, I feel like I lose a bit of my identity."
Sophie also hates her big boobs, which have grown since she feel pregnant.
She knows Jaryd still finds her sexy, but it makes no difference.
Her honesty has gone down a storm online, with fans flocking to say they completely get where she's coming from.
"Almost 17 weeks pregnant here and feeling exactly the same!" Sarah Robinson wrote.
"Hubby is so sexy so i wish i felt like it! but the thought of sex makes me shiver and not in a good way."
Megan MacDonald added: "Almost week 23 for me- no sex for probably two months lol…. Feel exactly the same. Every word you said I was like yep, yep and yep!"
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