WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for October, 1997: Re: Sex and orgasms during pregnancy

Re: Sex and orgasms during pregnancy

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 12 Oct 1997 13:33:24 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 9 Oct 1997, Pernie wrote: >
>My husband and I have always had a very good and creative sexual
>relationship, something we both consider important for our marriage.
>
>I am now 4 months pregnant and starting to worry about the extent of our
>sexual activity. Should we slow it down, and not have sex as often as
>before (which sometimes is 2-3 times a day, but usually about 5 times a
>week)?
>
>I enjoy sex more than ever now, experiencing multiple orgasms both with
>my husband and when masturbating. Is this common, i.e. that the body
>is more sexual alert and sensitive during a pregnancy?
>
>Anyone else with similar experiences?

Pernie,

Knock yourself out ;-)

My only concerns (as I'm sure your obstetrician has discussed with you when you brought it up to him/her) is 1) being the recipient of oral sex has lead to fatal air emboli (air in the blood stream), 2) anal sex (chance of contamination of the vagina with fecal material - this goes even for non-pregnant women when anal intercourse is followed by vaginal intercourse), 3) intercourse in the last month of pregnancy (a collaberative study done several years ago related a higher incidence of infection in people who had intercourse during the last month - not sure I actually believe the findings of the study) and 4) if there are risk factors for premature labor.

Good luck. I'd love to hear about your sexual activity after the baby. Just curious :-)

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
OBGYN.net U.S. Representative, New York
Great Neck, New York
http://www.obgyn.net/states/bios/marchbein.htm
http://www.obgyn.net/women/advisors/harveym.htm

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