Valerie Davis Raskin

The only book from a physician-mom with warm, practical, and medically sound advice that will help moms reclaim their passion for sex


In Great Sex for Moms Dr. Raskin brings the problem out into the open -- at last. From her fifteen years as a psychiatrist she knows that mothers silently rationalize that sex will return "after the baby sleeps through the night," then "when the children start having sleepovers," and then "once the kids go to college." And she believes that eighteen years is an awfully long time to wait.

Dr. Raskin reveals the reasons that women's bodies and minds betray them, resulting in a sleepy libido. The great news is that it's easier than you might think to wake it up. Insisting that a healthy parental sex life is in the children's best interests, Dr. Raskin shows you how to:


Overcome the feeling that you're the only one in America with a boring sex life
Leave your mother persona at the bedroom door to rescue your sexual self
Banish the inner censor and talk about sex with your partner
Stop frenzied, on-demand mothering so you can nourish your libido

What others are saying...

Great Sex for Moms is a book that belongs in every mom’s collection...it is a realistic and sympathetic guide to enhancing your sex life. Besides being a professor and psychiatrist, Raskin is also a mother, and it shows. Expect to feel validated; expect to find tips you can actually use.
--Today's Parent, May 2002

"This book is a must for staying sane while raising children."
--Cherie Carter-Scott, Ph.D., author of The Gift of Motherhood

"Great Sex for Moms will do much to revive the sexual pleasure and intimacy that often get lost in parenting."
--Isadora Alman, author of Doing It: Real People Having Really Good Sex.

"Straightforward advice and proof positive that moms can be sex goddesses, too."
--Olivia St. Claire, author of Unleashing the Sex Goddess in Every Woman.