Spooning is a classic cuddle position most couples practice. Much like our Little Spoon position we previously shared, both partners are faced in the same direction. Because most of the time the man is larger, it is easier for him to play the position of big spoon from the back. The man can hold the woman’s leg, her stomach, rest his fingers between her legs, or cup her breasts.
Spoon /spo͞on/ (of two people) behave in an amorous way; kiss and cuddle. A form of cuddling where a person wraps their arms around their partner. The legs may be stacked or intertwined. The person on the outside is referred to as the “big spoon” while the person inside is the “little spoon.” But with this type of cuddling, height, gender, and body shape don’t matter.
We have learned a lot of techniques while spooning. The man can scoot up next the woman and grab his flaccid penis and lay it across the woman’s vagina. He can then lift his knee up and hold the penis against her vagina. If erect, the man can penetrate the woman and then allow his penis to go flaccid. Depending on length, the flaccid penis can rest inside the woman all night in the spoon position.
Pros & Cons
+ A comfortable position most couples naturally practice daily when going to sleep together.
+ Various techniques to hold the penis against your partner’s body or inside her.
Why is Cuddling so important?
When you cuddle with someone you care about, your body releases a hormone called oxytocin that calms you and makes you more likely to deal better with stress. Cuddling also has a large connection with being nurtured. It has been shown through research that cuddling helps an infant develop an attachment to his/her parent. This is instinctual and as you grow older, adults can cuddle to form this same attachment. Cuddling has also been shown to boost an infant’s oxygen levels, calm its breathing, and ease pain signals. And for an underweight baby, it raises survival chances by more than a third. It helps the brain grow and makes infection and other illnesses, like hypoglycemia or hypothermia, less likely. This is why we love to cuddle.
Benefits to our bodies from cuddling
- Ease Stress
- When you cuddle with someone you care about, your body releases a hormone called oxytocin that calms you and makes you more likely to deal better with stress.
- Helps Your Heart
- It’s good for your heart. Cuddling lowers blood pressure. Scientists say it’s clearer that women get this benefit from cuddling, but it seems to be true for both sexes.
- Relieves Pain
- A good cuddle may give you more than just moral support after an injury. The oxytocin cuddling releases can help block pain signals.
- Fight Colds
- Too much stress effects the immune system. Hugs from people you trust may protect you against this common virus, especially if you’re under a lot of stress. And if you’re already sick, more cuddling might keep your symptoms from getting worse.
- Connects You to Your Partner
- Oxytocin is sometimes called the love hormone. Whether having sex, cuddling, touching, dancing, or holding hands, your body is releasing oxytocin. Couples who cuddle and kiss freely tend to be happier, healthier, and less stressed.
- Helps You Sleep
- Oxytocin is the key ingredient again. Because of oxytocin calming effects, it relaxes you and helps you sleep.
Benefits to cuddling your partner
- Cuddling improves satisfaction in relationships.
- In an experimental study, increased cuddling for married couples resulted in statistically higher relationship satisfaction. This finding was particularly notable as the couples who increased their cuddling behaviors were compared to couples who increased time spent together over mealtimes and those who did not change their behavior.
- Cuddling helps maintain focus on your partner.
- In the same study, with increased cuddling, the focus is honed in on our romantic partner as opposed to thinking “what else is out there?”
- Cuddling releases oxytocin and promotes positive emotions.
- Affectionate touch behaviors release oxytocin. Oxytocin is a natural love hormone that helps us feel closer to our partners. When we cuddle, we feel a surge of positive emotions such as love, adoration, and trust. While cuddling typically occurs around sexual activity, it is perceived to be a nurturing type of behavior rather than a sexual one.
- Cuddling after sex benefits your relationship.
- In a longitudinal study, the duration and quality of post-sex affection including cuddling are related to greater subsequent reports of relationship and sexual satisfaction. Couples can use this time to be close to each other physically and emotionally, sharing their thoughts and feelings, or not saying anything at all.
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An intimate position where the woman has her face in your lap. Unlike the classic tea bag position, this is referred to as Sleeping Bags.