Sex During Pregnancy

All parents-to-be wonder: can we have sex during pregnancy? Is sex during pregnancy safe? The answer is "yes". Sex during pregnancy is safe and you can have it. What is more, you should have it, but only provided you have normal pregnancy.

What is good about sex during pregnancy?

1. Hormones of pleasure a woman gets while enjoying sex have beneficial influence on the child
2. A mom-to-be needs agents that are contained in sperm: these are ferments, male hormones (prostaglandines) that contribute to softening of the neck of womb. Soft neck of womb opens during labor easily.
3. Muscles of womb contract during sex and thus train. This implies that the muscles will contract better during labor and the labor will be easier.
4. You don't have to worry about unwanted pregnancy! You can relax and get complete satisfaction.

Naturally, sex during pregnancy is not the same as sex in other periods of your life and you might face some problems. Fortunately,all these problems are solvable.

Problems and Solutions

Problem 1. Hormones

Now you experience great changes in hormonal system and this influences your sex life. Pregnant women cannot control their emotions and they often surprise their husbands and other people by their strange behavior. For instance, when being aroused a pregnant woman can begin crying. So strange response frightens men!

Solution. Have a sincere conversation with your husband. Explain to him what you are feeling, discuss all your doubts and fears with him.

Sexual satisfaction is possible only if you trust your parter completely. Your desire for sex and your sexual response will fluctuate during certain stages in pregnancy. So do not refuse to have sex if you didn't like it yesterday, as tomorrow your response and sex drive might change completely!

Problem 2. Three persons in one bed

Psychological factor also plays a very important role. You know that now three people are having sex in your bed instead of two and you need some time to get used to this thought. A woman said "It seems to me that my child watches me and evaluates my behavior. I cannot relax. I feel like I make love in public. And I'm afraid he feels bad while we are making love."

Solution. Keep in mind that your child feels good when you feel good. The more pleasure you get from sex, the better your child feels. Muscles of the womb contract during sexual intercourse, so your orgasm is something like training before labor.

Problem 3. Toxemia of pregnancy

Sickness, dizziness and tiredness weaken your sex drive. You feel sick in the morning after breakfast, then you feel sleepy, then you feel hungry and by night you feel so tired that cannot think about anything but sleeping.

Solution. Find the time when you feel better. Many women say that the best time for sex is morning before breakfast.

When sex is not safe

If your doctor detects (or anticipates) some certain significant complications to your pregnancy, that he or she might advise you not to have sex.

Most common risk factors

• threat of miscarriage
• history of miscarriage
• history of pre-term labor or signs indicating the risk of pre-term labor
• vaginal bleeding
• leakage of amniotic fluid
• placenta previa, a condition in which the placenta is is situated very low
• multiple fetuses

Sex toys and Pregnancy

Moms-to-be wonder: is it safe to use sex toys during pregnancy? If fact there are no studies on this matter. On the other hand there are no studies that suggest any negative effects of vibrator or some other sex toy use during pregnancy either.

First of all you should find out whether you can have sex or not. If your doctor recommended you not to have sex, than you should not use sex toys. If you are allowed to have sex, ask your doctor whether