Male Sexual Activity During Pregnancy

Abstract

Female sexual desire and activity decreases as pregnancy advances. Little is known about the influence of pregnancy on male sexuality. This study is aimed at estab lishing sexual activity of husbands during their wives' pregnancy period. Questionnaires were voluntarily completed by the men whose wives had recently given birth during August and September 1982 at Ramathibodi Hospital. There were 279 men who partici pated. The decrease of sexual desire was markedly observed as pregnancy advanced though it remained unchanged among most men during the first and second trimester. Coital abstinence was increased toward term. Self-masturbation, wet dream and mastur bation performed by their wives were significantly increased whereas coitus with pros titutes was significantly reduced. Coitus with other partners and performing masturba tion for their wives remained unchanged. These findings show that pregnancy had an in fluence on the male partner on both sexual desire and sexual activity. (Thai J Obstet Gynaecol 1989 ; 1 : 129-32.)