Sexuality in pregnancy: perception of pregnant women in an educational group

Abstract

The gestational period is packed with special features, is one of the stages of a woman's life that most needs attention, because it is a time when physical changes occur, emotional, sexual, and existential fact that requires a series of adjustments. Understanding this problematic, the general objective of the study was to analyze the perception of pregnant women participating in a group about sexuality in pregnancy. This was a descriptive and exploratory research with qualitative approach, in which the subjects were seven pregnant women who were part of the Group of pregnant women seen in Basic Health Unit Botanical Garden in the city of Sinop-MT. The interviews were conducted in private, and individual form in a reserved room, without identifying the names of the participants who were coded by name of flowers picked at random, the data were analyzed by content analysis technique, thematic mode via non-a priori categories. Five categories of analysis were obtained, through the lines of the participants: physical discomforts caused negative changes in sexual intercourse; Living positively eat physical changes that occur in pregnancy; Changes and sexual adaptation during pregnancy; Feelings of fear and guilt about the baby; and pain sensation during sex. The study showed that pregnant women associate changes in sexual behavior, whether positively or negatively, to the physical and psychological discomforts of pregnancy, in the perception of them, these sexual behavior changes resulting from pregnancy. It was evidenced that some couples have adapted their sexual practices as required by the pregnant woman, but at the same time, have difficulty in having a sexual relationship out of fear or fear are hurting the baby. Through the lines, you can reaffirm the female submission to the sexual act, for demonstrating that often for pregnant women this is a painful moment and without pleasure, however, she submits to no longer comply with their obligations. Sexuality, especially in pregnancy, is still a subject of superficial way, surrounded by myths and taboos. Soon, it is believed that this research served as the pioneering for new studies, suggesting deepening issues pertaining to pain and submission to intercourse during pregnancy.

Keywords

• pregnant women. sexuality. public health