Sexuality experienced in pregnancy: knowing this reality

This study aimed to characterize the pregnant women’ sexuality. Cross-sectional, quantitative and descriptive study, developed with 108 women in a Health Center in Fortaleza-CE, from November/2008 to March/2009, using form for data collection. The study complied with the ethical standards of researc...

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Autores: Barbosa, Bartira Nunes, Gondim, Aparecida Neuritianny Chaves, Pacheco, Jamile Souza, Pitombeira, Hélcia Carla Santos, Gomes, Linicarla Fabíole, Vieira, Lydia Freitas, Damasceno, Ana Kelve Castro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
Repositorio:Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/10407
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ufg.br/fen/article/view/10407
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sexuality
Sexual behavior
Pregnancy
Nursing
Prenatal care.
Sexualidad
Conducta sexual
Embarazo
Enfermería
Atención prenatal.
Sexualidade
Comportamento sexual
Gravidez
Enfermagem
Cuidado pré-natal.
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Sumario:This study aimed to characterize the pregnant women’ sexuality. Cross-sectional, quantitative and descriptive study, developed with 108 women in a Health Center in Fortaleza-CE, from November/2008 to March/2009, using form for data collection. The study complied with the ethical standards of research with humans. It is noteworthy that 43,5% of women received during prenatal any information about sexuality, 86,1% reported sexual intercourse during pregnancy, 58,3% of the men looked for them at the same frequency of before the pregnancy. As for the desire and sexual satisfaction, most of these reported a decrease in pregnancy. It was noted as factors affecting sexuality in pregnancy: nausea, back pain, fear of hurting the baby and cause miscarriage, showing a lack of clarification of these women and the importance of proper monitoring by health professionals. So part of women attended in prenatal care does not exercise their sexuality fully, what makes us reflect on the importance of sexual health promotion during prenatal care.Descriptors: Sexuality; Sexual behavior; Pregnancy; Nursing; Prenatal care.