title: [The influence of pregnancy on sexual satisfaction among women].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of study was to investigate if and to what extent pregnancy affects sexual satisfaction of women.
  
  
  METHODS
  A group of 130 pregnant women were surveyed.Ihe women were seen for check-ups in a randomly chosen out-patient clinic for women over the period of 6 months in 2007. They responded to a questionnaire constructed for the purpose of the survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  More than half respondents (52.3%) presented positive attitude towards sexuality associating sex with pleasure; the rest (40.7%) perceived having sex as dutiful activity to their partners. Negative experience caused by sexual activity was mentioned by 6.9% respondents, having sex was annoying for them. The freguency of sexual contacts was evaluated as too small by 98 (75.3%) and 82 (63.1%) respondents in the first and second tnmesters respectively. Satisfactory intimate relationships before pregnancy were reported by 86.1% women however in the first trimester of pregnancy 68.5% women had highly satisfactory sex with their partners which increased by 17.6% in the second trimester
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  1. Pregnancy decreases sexual satisfaction of women during the first Trimester of pregnancy. 2. Decreased satisfaction of having sex during the first trimester of pregnancy results from adaptative processes that are manifested as lowered mood experienced at that time. 3. In the second trimester when the pregnant woman begins to feel better, her satisfaction of having sex improves.
authors.affiliation: Katedrze i Klinice Ginekologii i Endokrynologii Ginekologicznej, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie. kingamalec@interia.pl
authors.forename: Kinga
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Syty
authors.forename: Celina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Łepecka-Klusek
authors.forename: Anna B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Pilewska-Kozak
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jakiel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007989:Libido; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000523:psychology*; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology; D019529:Sexuality / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult