[The influence of pregnancy on sexual satisfaction among women].

OBJECTIVE

The purpose of study was to investigate if and to what extent pregnancy affects sexual satisfaction of women.

MATERIAL AND METHOD

A group of 130 pregnant women were surveyed.Ihe women were seen for check-ups in a randomly chosen out-patient clinic for women over the period of 6 months in 2007. They responded to a questionnaire constructed for the purpose of the survey.

RESULTS

More than half respondents (52.3%) presented positive attitude towards sexuality associating sex with pleasure; the rest (40.7%) perceived having sex as dutiful activity to their partners. Negative experience caused by sexual activity was mentioned by 6.9% respondents, having sex was annoying for them. The freguency of sexual contacts was evaluated as too small by 98 (75.3%) and 82 (63.1%) respondents in the first and second tnmesters respectively. Satisfactory intimate relationships before pregnancy were reported by 86.1% women however in the first trimester of pregnancy 68.5% women had highly satisfactory sex with their partners which increased by 17.6% in the second trimester

CONCLUSIONS

1. Pregnancy decreases sexual satisfaction of women during the first Trimester of pregnancy. 2. Decreased satisfaction of having sex during the first trimester of pregnancy results from adaptative processes that are manifested as lowered mood experienced at that time. 3. In the second trimester when the pregnant woman begins to feel better, her satisfaction of having sex improves.