Interpretation of changes in a woman's sexual behavior during pregnancy. Epub Mar ISSN X. A woman's sexuality during pregnancy can have remarkable changes that often lead to non-pleasurable sex, with negative effects on sexuality at this stage, leading to changes in the pattern of sexual behavior of women at this stage, where there is almost always decreased vaginal intercourse and other sexual practices unjustifiably.
State of the art was investigated on the most important changes affecting the sexual behavior of pregnant women, from the collection and analysis of different existing bibliographic sources, in order to understand and interpret the most important sexual changes in pregnancy and how these affect sexuality.
It was concluded that in most cases there is less sexual activity due to decreased sexual desire, with alterations in the phases of female sexual response and that these situations are influenced by external factors as socio-cultural. On the other hand, it was observed that there may also be a positive effect on sexuality during pregnancy, especially in woman with good pre-gestacional sexual practices.
Conduct thoughtful research on changes in women's sexual behavior during pregnancy, interpret them and determine their impact on pregnant women's sex lives. Work is carried out under the interpretive paradigm, by reviewing several studies carried out on the subject, thus being able to build a state of art on these sexual changes in pregnant women.
The results obtained from a collection and analysis of the existing literature, which was carried out by consulting in academic databases specializing in medical sciences, which allowed the review of multiple scientific articles, research papers, academic texts and doctoral theses.
