Fear in women avoids sexual desire during pregnancy

Published On 2022-02-26 12:16 GMT | Update On 2022-02-26 12:16 GMT

Pregnancy is very crucial time as women's body undergo a lot changes, one among them is not having sex during the gestational period, lot of women fear miscarriage's and harm to the baby.

Study in International Society for Sexual Medicine reported that 28.8% pregnant women had no sexual intercourse for 4 weeks. All types of fear were considered important among pregnant women; the more important fears were infection and injury to the fetus.

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Dr. Nandita Mohan

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Fear in women avoids sexual desire during pregnancy

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