Yeah, it was definitely something I regarded as icky, too. And slightly sticky as well since breast milk is so sweet. And who wants to have sex while wearing a bra with big ole nursing pads in there to protect from being drenched?

My husband was a lot more at ease with that than I was, but he's probably more comfortable in general with physiological processes of any kind, men's or women's. One of the drawbacks to nursing is that it temporarily relieves most women of their desire to have sex, and that's not easy on husbands, who're having to get used to sharing her with a baby anyway. I've read the lack of desire at that time is because of the hormones involved and also because there's so much physical bonding with the baby that there's simply less desire for it with anyone else during that phase.

I wish we'd gotten more mamas to chime in on this thread. Purple Banana, let's keep bumping it, and if all else fails and you want me to, I can move it into the parenting sub-forum and see if we get more input there instead.