“I Am Worn Out”: Samantha Busch Shares Honest Struggles With Intimacy While Trying to Conceive With Kyle Busch

Kyle and Samantha Busch have a happy and complete family today with son Brexton, who is 10, and three-year-old daughter Lennix. But the journey to reach this space was filled with hardships.

The NASCAR world is well aware of the challenges that Samantha faced going through miscarriage and fertility issues. The racing community holds her in high regard for the strength she displayed during those days.

In a recent episode of her Certified Oversharer podcast, Samantha shed light on the struggles she faced at the time. She revealed that being physically intimate with her husband turned into a chore at one point. Their continuous effort to try and conceive was getting nowhere, and subsequently, the joy of being close to each other drained away.

“You’re not doing it because it’s passionate and spontaneous. You’re like, ‘This stupid stick is giving me a smiley face. I am ovulating.’ So, it’s just trying and trying,” Samantha said.

All the pre- and post-intercourse instructions that she’d been advised to follow by her doctors and Google had turned the entire process into a clinical one. That’s bound to be frustrating for anyone.

Samantha lashed back at how some people had advised her to try different things, like role-playing, to make things in the bedroom more fun. 

“I am not going to be like a French maid on top of this,” she reflected on her mindset at the time. “I am worn out. I am upset. This is no longer fun for anybody.”

Fortunately for Samantha, she and Kyle are long past those tumultuous days.

When divorce seemed the only option for Samantha and Kyle Busch

At some point in the middle of these challenges, Kyle and Samantha had grown apart from each other mentally. They no longer knew how to support each other and relieve their pain.

“Kyle was my rock, and it felt like I didn’t have that anymore. We were spiraling. It felt like divorce was real, and it was scary,” Samantha revealed in 2020.

“With all the hormones and obsessiveness about having a child, it was like, making love was gone. It was just a job. It was a chore. It was so much pressure,” she added.

The birth of Brexton in 2015 and Lennix in 2022 is what finally set things back on course for them. Also, their decision to attend couples therapy had been a huge aid in helping them overcome the difficult period.