[Contraception and sexuality].

Contraception implies the responsible confrontation with fertility and sexuality. Contraceptive counselling deals directly or indirectly with sexuality and comprises therefore frequently sexual counselling. 25% of women consulting our Family Planning Clinic complain spontaneously about sexual difficulties. Out of these women one fifth suffer from sexual dysfunction related to the contraceptive method used. Hormonal contraception seems to include most frequently sexual dysfunction. The symptom most frequently complained about is lack of libido. There are typical patterns of correlation between sexual dysfunction, contraceptive compliance and side-effects of contraception which are of great important for contraceptive counselling.