Romance during pregnancy seems oxymoronic. If there is any time during her life besides pregnancy that a woman feels less romantic, it has yet to be discovered. But considering that at the end of that nine-month period you have a baby and romance pretty much goes out the window, pregnancy is the perfect time to solidify your love.

"Romance during pregnancy is not only possible but necessary," says Tamra Orr, a mother of four from Portland, Ore. "For a woman, the time can be awkward, as her body goes through mysterious changes. And knowing that her husband still feels she is desirable will do wonders for an occasionally flagging self-esteem. My husband would always make a point of telling me how beautiful I looked, even when I felt like a beached whale. As it got more difficult to make love, he would also do things for me like massage my feet, give me back rubs and brush my hair after a shower."

Jen Singer, a stay-at-home mom and author of 14 Hours Til Bedtime: A Stay-at-Home Mom's Life in 27 Funny Little Stories (Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing, 2004), will never forget how special her husband made her feel during her pregnancy.

"It was just before Christmas during my first pregnancy when I bowed my head in church and said, 'Oh my God!'" she says. "Overnight, my belly had popped, and I was rather visibly pregnant and feeling very un-sexy. A few months later I was bedridden for five weeks with pre-term labor. No sex allowed – not that we really wanted to. But my husband made me feel special by bringing me flowers and cooking my dinners. Romance doesn't have to die with a positive pregnancy test."

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