title: [Women's postpartum sexuality and delivery types].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the impact of delivery on the sexuality of primiparous women in China, and the association with delivery type.
  
  
  METHODS
  We inquired 460 of primiparous women delivering of a live birth at the first affiliated hospital of Chongqing medical university from November 1, 2000 to July 31, 2001. It was a cross-sectional study using obstetric records and postal questionnaire survey by outpatients consultation six months after delivery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ninety-four point seven percent had resumed sexual activity within six months of the birth. In the first three months after delivery, 70.6% of women experienced sexual problems, it declined to 34.2% at six months, but can not reaching the pre-pregnancy levels. There was no close relation between sexuality postpartum and delivery. (sexual satisfactory, desire, active rate, dyspareunia and pubococcygeal muscle intensity, P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Postpartum sexuality was not significantly associated with delivery types. Sexual problems were very common after childbirth. More consultation and direction of postpartum sexuality recurrence is needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, First Affiliate Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-yang
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Zhen-wei
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Huan-ying
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Li-wei
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000009:adverse effects; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods*; D004414:Dyspareunia / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D004841:Episiotomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D019529:Sexuality / Q000523:psychology; D013997:Time Factors