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CHANGES IN SEX LIFE AFTER CHILDBIRTH
Hrvojka Soljačić Vraneš
; Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivka Djaković
; Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Hrvoje Vraneš
; Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Marija Vrljičak
; Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Zdenko Kraljević
; Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
Background: Childbirth is major event in the life of closer and extended family. The aim of this study is to explore sex desire
after childbirth and challenges for usual rhythm of intercourse.
Subjects and methods: We studied 113 women who filled up questionnaire at the follow up examination. Inclusion criteria were:
all women were secundigravidae and time between pregnancies was more than a year. Women anonymously filled out a survey with
question on the time before first intercourse after delivery, frequency of sexual intercourse after delivery, sexual desire after delivery,
sexual desire of partner after delivery, reasons for postponing sexual intercourse after delivery and frequency of intercourse in the
first year after delivery.
Results: Most women had same number of intercourse after delivery like before pregnancy (Hi-square test: Ȥ2(2)=22.04,
p<0.0001). Significant proportion of women find their partners sexual desire to be the same like in the pre-pregnancy period (H i-
square test: Ȥ2(2)=64.64, p<0.0001). Most women had intercourse once a week (several times a month) during first year after
delivery (Hi-square test: Ȥ2(3)=91.93, p<0.001). Fatigue, sleep deprivation, bad mood and lack of time are the most common
reasons for intercourse postponement. Most women find life conditions to be very good. They do not find that they neglect their
children and partners find them attractive.
Conclusion: Sex life after delivery is still taboo in most countries. Women should have the information that sex life after delivery
will turn to normal after a certain time.
Ključne riječi
pregnancy; secundigravidae; sexintercourse; sexual desire
Hrčak ID:
269469
URI
Datum izdavanja:
21.12.2019.
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