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[Sexuality of the couple during pregnancy stemming from a medically assisted procreation]
K Chaabane1, K Trigui, S Kebaili
1Service de gynécologie obstétrique de l'EPS Hédi Chaker, faculté de médecine de Sfax, 3029 Sfax, Tunisie. chaabanekais@voila.fr
Objective:
We studied the impact of pregnancy stemming from a medically assisted procreation on the sexuality of the couple.
Patients And Methods:
Our study was forward-looking realized in the maternity of Sfax on duration of nine months. Its methodology is based on a questionnaire distributed to 40 women and on a review of the literature.
Results:
Our patients continued to have a sexual activity during their pregnancy in the majority of the cases (at least 65% of the cases) but with a decrease of libido in 80% of the cases as well as a net decrease of the frequency of the sexual intercourse.
Discussion And Conclusion:
In front of these difficulties of the consequent sexual life noticed also in the literature, a psychological support of these couples is so recommended that a sexologic care adapted to the particular context of the medically assisted procreation countered justified.
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