Περιγραφή
Pregnant women and their partners often ask healthcare professionals whether sex is safe during pregnancy, and what consequences may result from sexual activity. Many clinicians can also be unsure of the answers to these type of questions, leading to both patient and clinician resorting to the internet for advice, which can be inaccurate and anxiety-inducing. Here, the authors provide clinicians with an insight into the information offered by ‘Dr Google’ so that they can reassure and advise their patients as necessary. Aimed at obstetricians and other physicians caring for pregnant women, this book reviews the implications of sex during pregnancy such as those complicated by medical conditions, those at risk of preterm birth and multiple pregnancies. Other chapters cover physiological changes during pregnancy that may affect sexual function and intimacy, as well as the differing guidelines provided by various global obstetric societies.
- Reviews information available on the internet that patients are likely to access, which may be incorrect and anxiety-inducing, allowing clinicians to reassure and advise their patients
- Covers specific conditions in pregnancy such as a short cervix, multiple pregnancy, previous pelvic floor injuries and sex during the post-partum period, allowing readers to quickly navigate to the information they require
- Contains a chapter on the various guidelines provided by global obstetric societies such as ACOG and the NHS in an easy-to-read table, allowing guidance to be compared for questions such as the safety of sex during pregnancy and how sex drive can change
Περιεχόμενα
Section 1. General issues
1. From sex for reproduction to reproduction without sex Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Valentina Tosto, Valentina Tsibizova and Giuseppe Benagiano
2. Sex in pregnancy: beyond reproduction David Gómez Sánchez, Carlos López Ramón y Cajal and María Luisa Morales Serrano
3. Physiology of pregnancy as related to sex Silvia Barras Bermejo and Pablo Tobías González
4. Does orgasm affect fetal well-being? Ayelet Dangot, Eliane Rozanes and Ariel Many
5. Demographics of sexual behaviour in pregnancy Hanna R. Goldberg and Karthika Davarajan
6. Sexual practices during pregnancy in different cultures Rachel Spitzer and Jenny Yang
7. What do obstetric guidelines say? Vered B. Lamhot, Ola Gutzeit and Dana Vitner
8. Using the internet to educate on sex and pregnancy: grading internet information Noa Gilad, Yariv Yogev and Michael Lavie
Section 2. Specific issues
9. Sex and assisted reproductive technologies Crystal Chan and Trish Dinh
10. The male partner’s perspective Marcos Luján Galán
11. Sex in the first trimester Kirsten M. Niles
12. Sex in the second and third trimesters Rita Zlatkin and Hadar Rosen
13. Sex with bleeding in the first trimester Hugo Madar, Aurélien Mattuizii, Hanane Bouchghoul and Loïc Sentilhes
14. Sex with bleeding in the second and third trimester Hisham T. Nasief, Duaa M. Mohammed Bahkali and Lawrence W. Oppenheimer
15. Short cervix and sex Yara Maia Villar de Carvalho, Francisco Marcelo Carvalho, Beatriz Maria Villar de Carvalho and Eduardo Borges da Fonseca
16. Preterm birth and sex Julia Burd and Vincenzo Berghella
17. Multiple pregnancies and sex Hayley Lipworth, Jon F. R. Barrett and Nir Melamed
18. Special pregnancies and sex Evangelia Vlachodimitropoulou Koumoutsea and Cynthia Maxwell
19. Air embolism related to sex in pregnancy and the postpartum Dina Mohamed, Mohamed Momtaz and Dan Farine
20. Pelvic and ovarian masses during pregnancy Elisa Moreno Palacios and Pablo Tobías González
21. Sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy Maria Serrano Velasco and Cristina González Benítez
22. Sex for induction of labour Jazleen Dada and Stefania Ronzoni
23. Nipple stimulation during pregnancy Doron Kabiri, Gali Gordon and Yossef Ezra
24. Sex during postpartum: why the six-week break? E. Shirin Dason, Abi Kirubarajan and Mara Sobel
25. Sex after pelvic floor injuries María del Mar Muñoz Muñiz, Sara Serrano Velayos and Ángeles Leal García
26. Miscarriages, spontaneous abortions, stillbirths and sex Orli Silverberg and Dan Farine.
