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Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río
versão On-line ISSN 1561-3194
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BALESTENA SANCHEZ, Jorge Manuel; FERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ, Bernardo e SANABRIA NEGRIN, José Guillermo. Influence of pregnancy in the woman's sexuality. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.5, pp. 811-822. ISSN 1561-3194.
Introduction: it is timely to consider sexuality in the context of the woman's comprehensive health, for the recovery in the lifestyle, and the pregnancy process can affect the couple's sexual behavior. Objective: to determine the influence of pregnancy in the woman's sexuality. Material and method: longitudinal, prospective and analytic research carried out in Pinar del Río Hermanos Cruz Outpatient Polyclinic, from April 2010 to February 2011. The target group was made up of all the pregnant women early caught from the basic work groups 1, 2 and 3 (n=128), for choosing the sample 21 medical family offices were randomly chosen, and from them the first seven pregnant women were caught before the 13 weeks of pregnancy (n=147). A questionnaire was applied in the first three trimesters during the pregnancy. For validating the result we used the chi-square test, with signification level of p < 0.05. Results: a media of 2, 3 or 4 coituses weekly was obtained according the pregnancy's trimesters. Regarding sexual desire, sexual arousal, orgasm, and sexual satisfaction, they had a highly significant relation in the pregnancy's first and third trimesters. Conclusions: pregnancy is a process entailing disorders in the woman's sexuality.
Palavras-chave : Coitus; Pregnancy; Orgasm; Sexuality.