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Sexuality in pregnancy and premature labour
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb03703.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 91, Issue 9, pages 891–893, September 1984
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GEORGAKOPOULOS, P. A., DODOS, D. and MECHLERIS, D. (1984), Sexuality in pregnancy and premature labour. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 91: 891–893. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb03703.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received 23 May 1983 Accepted 10 December 1983
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Summary. The relation of sexual behaviour during pregnancy to the initiation of labour was investigated in 358 patients of whom 58 were delivered after premature labour and 300 were delivered spontaneously at term. In all patients the mean weekly coital frequency and the frequency of orgasm were investigated by means of a retrospective questionnaire. There was no significant difference in coital or orgasmic frequency between the women who had a premature labour and those who had a spontaneous delivery at term. This was also true when those having premature labour were divided into those starting labour with ruptured membranes and those starting with contractions.