[Changes in the psychophysical experience of orgasm in pregnancy]

A semistructured questionnaire was used as the basis for an examination of qualitative and quantitative changes in orgasm among 200 pregnant women brought to term. The frequency of orgasm gradually diminished over the 9 months in most women, only occasionally increasing. A total of 149 women (79.5%) said they had felt no pain during orgasm, 20.5% reported increased pleasure or incomplete post-orgasmic resolution. It should be pointed out that none of the women had experienced painful orgasm prior to their pregnancy.