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Is sex good for a pregnant mother and does it harm the growing baby?
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∙ 11y ago
That is a rather broad question, but I will try to answer it for you. Sex doesn't usually hurt pregnancy in any way, and if you want sex, it can help you relax. Some women swear that sex will bring on labor when the time is right, but don't hold your breath. My advice would be to have sex if you feel like it unless you have complications in your pregnancy, and your doctor tells you not to. If you aren't feeling up to it, and your partner is feeling put out, try other things like massage to help ease the stress until you feel like having sex again.
If you've got morning sickness, it helps to have sex so you can forget about the sickness during that time. It also helps you to stay close to your husband or lover during your pregnancy.
Continuing with a healthy sex life during pregnancy, helps ensure that your vaginal muscles stay active. The orgasm not only strengthens and keeps these (much needed for pushing muscles) in shape, but relieves stress and produces pain and relaxation hormones. You may need to find some more comfortable positions and techniques for work around your expanding middle. A healthy, trusting, sexual relationship with your partner not only benefits pregnancy and labor,(unless of course your doctor has recommends you not have sex because of complications) but will keep other aspects of your life healthy as well.
A previous answer's logic for having sex was that it will make you divert your attention from morning sickness. This is not true for everyone.
If you are nauseated all the time during the day like I am, sex is the last thing to think about. It cannot possibly divert the nauseated feeling. In fact it just makes you feel worse. Add to this, the aversion to all kinds of smells that makes you feel even more nauseated. These are smells that seemed fine before pregnancy.
In addition to the first answer, sex, indeed will bring on labor in some women. This is because prostaglandins found in male semen have been proven to dilate the cervix. Also, rubbing or even just brushing the nipples will stimulate the release of Oxytocin, (which is what pitocin is the synthetic form of) which stimulates the uterus to contract. So, unless told not to do so by your Dr or midwife, go on, have sex to bring on labor, and have fun doing it!!
Yes, it can reduce cramping, and headaches because of the hormones released during an orgasm. It can also create some personal and intimate time between you and your spouse and can help satisfy that emotional need.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 11y agoA woman in normal health can usually enjoy sexual relations if her doctor or midwife hasn't said that there is a clinical reason not to have relations.
Its best to have very gentle or even non penetrative sex in the first three months at the time when a woman would normally expect a menstrual period. If there is any pain or bleeding, sexual relations must be stopped until a doctor or midwife has given the mother a check up.
Towards the end of pregnancy there may simply not be enough room in the pelvis to accommodate a penis, especially if the baby's head is engaged.
Oral sex performed on a woman during pregnancy is dangerous due to the risk of an air embolism, which could be fatal.
Many couple enjoy a very healthy sexual relationship during pregnancy and this promotes love and relaxation. But it should never be forced. The baby is well insulated in the uterus and is unlikely to come to any harm in a healthy mother. If that were not so, the human race would probably have died out thousands of years ago.
If there are problems such as threatened miscarriage or an incompetent cervix or leaking of amniotic fluid, it is not advisable to have sexual relations.
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∙ 12y agoYes and no. orgasm, cause contracton in your uterus (with baby inside) but it is normal, as long as there is no complication, it is ok for sex until you give birth.
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∙ 15y agoyes it acually is healthy for your wifes selfestem.
if you need proof they said this on doctor phill
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∙ 12y agoNo, sex during pregnancy is for the parents and encouraged, and the baby doesn't get affected concerning weight, growth or anything like that.
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∙ 16y agoyou have to be careful x
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