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Decreased sexual desire and frequency
Most research suggests that, during pregnancy, both sexual desire and frequency of sexual relations decrease. In context of this overall decrease in desire, some studies indicate a second-trimester increase, preceding a decrease. However, these decreases are not universal: a significant number of women report greater sexual satisfaction throughout their pregnancies.
How to Have Sex During Pregnancy
Low-risk behavior
Sex during pregnancy is a low-risk behaviour except when the physician advises that sexual intercourse be avoided, because it may, in some pregnancies, lead to serious pregnancy complications or health issues such as a high-risk for premature labour or a ruptured uterus. Such a decision may be based upon a history of difficulties in a previous childbirth.
Psychological usefulness
Some psychological research studies in the 1980s and '90s contend that it is useful for pregnant women to continue to have sexual activity, specifically noting that overall sexual satisfaction was correlated with feeling happy about being pregnant, feeling more attractive in late pregnancy than before pregnancy and experiencing orgasm.Sexual activity has also been suggested as a way to prepare for induced labour; some believe the natural prostaglandin content of seminal liquid can favour the maturation process of the cervix making it more flexible, allowing for easier and faster dilation and effacement of the cervix. However, the efficacy of using sexual intercourse as an induction agent "remains uncertain".
Prevention of pre-eclampsia
There is substantial evidence for exposure to partner's semen as prevention for pre-eclampsia, largely due to the absorption of several immune modulating factors present in seminal fluid.
Fetus protected by amniotic fluid
During pregnancy, the fetus is protected from penetrative thrusting by the amniotic fluid in the womb and by the woman's cervix.
Sexual intercourse after pregnancy
Sexual intercourse after giving birth can begin when the couple are both ready. However most couples wait until after six weeks and they should consult their physician if they have any concerns.
All about pregnancy:
- Pregnancy
- Complications of pregnancy
- Gestational hypertension
- Abortion
- Abortion law
- Health risks of unsafe abortion
- Drugs in pregnancy
- Immune tolerance in pregnancy
- Nutrition and pregnancy
- Prenatal care
- Maternal physiological changes in pregnancy
- Prenatal development
- Human embryogenesis
- Implantation (human embryo)
- Human fertilization
- Obstetrics
- Postnatal
- Sex after pregnancy
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