Welcome to Sex Chat for Christian Wives, where three marriage bloggers discuss the naked truth.

What does God really want for the sexual intimacy in our marriages?

I'm Bonnie Burns of Strong Wives.

I'm Chris Taylor of Honeycomb and Spice.

And I'm Jay Parker, of Hot, Holy and Humorous.

Pull up a chair to our virtual kitchen table and let's chat. Welcome back to

sex chat for Christian wives. Sex changes throughout the life of a marriage. In this episode, we're

going to address the way sex can change due to aging. We'll also talk about some ways you can

respond to these changes. And for our younger listeners, we'll share some

things you can do now to be prepared for age-related changes when they occur. Ladies, let's start

off with some of the things that can cause these changes as we age. Before we really get into

what the changes are, what is it about aging that leads to any sexual

changes at all? Well, you definitely experience hormonal changes as you go through perimenopause and

menopause. And just to be clear about that, perimenopause is the period of time where you're

approaching menopause and some things are starting to happen. You're having

some disruptions in your cycle. Your estrogen and progesterone are coming down a bit. And then

menopause is actually the time when your period stops. And they say that that's where you've

gone without a period for a full year. That's kind of your date of menopause, and then

your postmenopause. When that happens, you really don't have the estrogen and then progesterone

and those kinds of things make a big difference as far as how things feel down there and how

you feel as a person in your libido, how that functions. And so all those things can make real

changes. And you can start to just feel a little bit like a different person or your reactions,

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