PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for November, 2000: Re: Air Embolism and sex??? please help DOCTOR .. I am afraid to have sex

Re: Air Embolism and sex??? please help DOCTOR .. I am afraid to have sex

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 29 Nov 2000 19:11:33 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 29 Nov 2000, KIMMY wrote: >
>I am 37 and a half weeks pregnant and I heard that if air gets into the
>vagina the baby and I will die... so, I am affraid to have sex..
>because when dh and I do it air gets in my vagina and as we contiune on
>the air is blown out and it sounds like a farting noise.. and i am
>afraid that it might be dangerous.. please help .. am I being silly?
>please explain what an AIR EMBOLISM IS ALL ABOUT AND IF I CAN TRULY GET
>IT through PENETRATION Please help!!!!
>
>--
>kimmy
>

Kimmy, Vaginal penetration with a penis, as in intercourse is extremely unlikely to cause an air embolus. The risk of air embolus is associated with the forceful introduction of air into the vagina, like blowing hard during oral-genital stimulation... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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