[Women's postpartum sexuality and delivery types].
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.
Xu
Xiao-yang
XY
Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, First Affiliate Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
Yao
Zhen-wei
ZW
Wang
Huan-ying
HY
Zhou
Qin
Q
Zhang
Li-wei
LW
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