title: The effect of mode of delivery on postpartum sexual functioning in primiparous women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of mode of delivery on postpartum sexual functioning in primiparous women.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 150 primiparous women in postpartum period, who attended the family planning or vaccination clinics, were enrolled for the study. Eighty-one had vaginal delivery with episiotomy and 69 had experienced cesarean section. Sexual function was evaluated by the Female Sexual Function Index within 3 and 6 months postpartum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  About 29% in vaginal delivery group and 37% in cesarean delivery group had resumed their sexual intercourses four weeks after delivery (p=0.280).There were no significant differences between mode of delivery and sexual functioning, including desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction and pain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study showed that postpartum sexual functioning was not associated with the type of delivery.
authors.affiliation: M.S. of Midwifery, Mother & child Welfare Research center and Midwifery department of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. Fateme.dabiri@gmail.com Fateme.dabiri@hums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dabiri
authors.affiliation: M.S. of Midwifery, Mother & child Welfare Research center and Midwifery department of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. Fateme.dabiri@gmail.com Fateme.dabiri@hums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Asieh Pormehr
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Yabandeh
authors.affiliation: M.S. of Midwifery, Mother & child Welfare Research center and Midwifery department of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. Fateme.dabiri@gmail.com Fateme.dabiri@hums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Arefeh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shahi
authors.affiliation: M.S. of Midwifery, Midwifery Department of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
authors.forename: Azita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kamjoo
authors.affiliation: PhD by research student of biostatistics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Saeed Hosseini
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Teshnizi
keywords: Cesarean section; Postpartum; Sexual functioning; Vaginal delivery