The Whisperer is the first sex toy for mums
Before you roll your eyes and ask ‘why do mothers need a different vibrator?’, this is not one of those instances where a product like a pen is repackaged in pink and sold as ‘for women’. New mothers actually do have different needs from a sex toy, depending on many factors, including how their body has changed after childbirth..
‘We teamed up with Mumsnet because we always prefer to ground our work in real people’s insights,’ she says. ‘We led a focus group with members of the Mumsnet community to better understand the main challenges that new mums face when it comes to resuming sexual activity after childbirth. To dive deeper and validate findings from the focus group, we extended the research with a three month-long survey on Mumsnet.
They soon realised that most mothers would prefer a clitoral toy to a penetrative one. ‘Many shared that tiredness, lack of time and nervousness around penetrative sex were barriers to resuming sexual activity,’ she explains. ‘And we wanted to address concerns regarding scar tissue and vulva sensitivity, which is why we chose to use a very smooth and flexible silicone, to create a gentle touch versus something that feels hard.
Another key finding of the survey was that new mothers feel that pregnancy and birth has affected their confidence, sometimes making them feel like they’re in a body that isn’t their own. New mums describe feeling like their identity has changed, and they sometimes feel like their bodies exist solely to serve the needs of others.
‘Many report feeling scared of sex - particularly penetrative sex - following childbirth,’ says Cecile. ‘For some, this fear is a worry that things will feel different, either for themselves or for their partner. Whereas others say their fear is because they have an association with sex and pain following birth. Some say that they’ve found lubrication helps significantly, but others are too worried to engage in penetrative sex regularly.
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