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Abstract
This study suggests that sexual intercoursedoes not adversely affect the fetus. The lowrate of sexual activity in our study, regardlessquestion about the taboo of sexual intercourseduring pregnancy. It could be relatedto a cultural background in which women avoidspeaking about their desires and sexual needsmore attention should be pay.
One of the most important issue that must be discussed that the lowinterest and insufficient knowledge of health careproviders on the issue of sexuality during pregnancycan lead to a lower amount information givento patients, and this is among the most commonreason for the lack of discussion on this topic.
The frequency of sexual intercourseduring pregnancy decreases among our pregnant women, while some of them had some misconceptions about the safety and benefits of sex during pregnancy. Routine sex education counseling in the antenatal clinic is advocated among the women especially to correct some of these misconceptions.
Thelistcanbemuchlongerandwillcertainlysupporttheideathatvariousfactorsinfluencethecouple’ssexualbehaviorduringpregnancy.Thisstudy’suniquecontributionisthatitshowsstatisticallythattwomorefactors—theattitudetowardssexualityinpregnancyandtheknowledgelevelofthepregnantwomenaffectsexualbehaviorinpregnancy.Thisimpliesthatthepregnantwomenwithalimitedknowledgeonsexualityduringpregnancyandwhoapparentlydevelopanegativeattitudetowardsexualityduringpregnancy,certainlyrelatedtothebeliefstheyholdontothematterarelesslikelytoengageinsexualactivity