Late pregnancy sex does not hasten delivery
CONTRARY to what you have been told, engaging in intercourse during the final weeks of pregnancy does not hasten delivery.<br>
CONTRARY to what you have been told, engaging in intercourse during the final weeks of pregnancy does not hasten delivery.
The researchers at the Ohio State University Medical Centre in the US have carried out a study and found no link between sexual intercourse and premature labour, the ScienceDaily has reported.
According to lead researcher, Jonathan Schaffir, women who are more comfortable late in pregnancy may be more likely to engage in sexual activity and women who experience abdominal discomfort or pelvic pressure — possible signs of earlier delivery — will not be inclined to want to have sex.
In fact, the researchers came to the conclusion after analysing 93 women — those who were sexually- active in the final three weeks of their pregnancies carried their babies an average of 39.9 weeks, compared to average delivery at 39.3 weeks among women who abstained from sex. Of the 93 women enrolled, 47 or 50.5%, said they had sex during the final weeks of their pregnancies — more than any other similar study has indicated.
The researchers found no correlation between the frequency of sexual intercourse and the speed of child delivery. “That lack of change in the cervix among sexually-active women, combined with the lack of difference in delivery dates among the two groups, suggests that sexual intercourse has no effect on inducing labour,†Schaffir said.
The researchers at the Ohio State University Medical Centre in the US have carried out a study and found no link between sexual intercourse and premature labour, the ScienceDaily has reported.
According to lead researcher, Jonathan Schaffir, women who are more comfortable late in pregnancy may be more likely to engage in sexual activity and women who experience abdominal discomfort or pelvic pressure — possible signs of earlier delivery — will not be inclined to want to have sex.
In fact, the researchers came to the conclusion after analysing 93 women — those who were sexually- active in the final three weeks of their pregnancies carried their babies an average of 39.9 weeks, compared to average delivery at 39.3 weeks among women who abstained from sex. Of the 93 women enrolled, 47 or 50.5%, said they had sex during the final weeks of their pregnancies — more than any other similar study has indicated.
The researchers found no correlation between the frequency of sexual intercourse and the speed of child delivery. “That lack of change in the cervix among sexually-active women, combined with the lack of difference in delivery dates among the two groups, suggests that sexual intercourse has no effect on inducing labour,†Schaffir said.