Sex secrets revealed: 12 things to follow when having sex during pregnancy

Sex is an important channel for maintaining the relationship between husband and wife. If you completely stop having sex during the ten months of pregnancy, it may have a lot of negative effects on the prospective parents. If you have no history of miscarriage or are at risk of miscarriage, or have unexplained vaginal bleeding, discharge or cramps, or other conditions that have explicitly prohibited sexual intercourse by your doctor, you can enjoy moderate sex during pregnancy, which may be very enjoyable.

Sex during pregnancy can be based on emotional prenatal education, and a comfortable sex life can fully integrate love and sexual desire.

1. The benefits of sex during pregnancy

1. Sexual life during the second trimester is beneficial to physical and mental health

During the second trimester of pregnancy, it is advisable to have sexual intercourse 1-2 times a week. During the day, when the husband kisses and caresses his wife or the wife kisses and caresses her husband, the warmth of love will be transmitted to each other's hearts. This is very helpful for nighttime boudoir love. Conversely, a caring sex life at night promotes the couple's love during the day. Make pregnant women happy and in high spirits. In addition, the husband's semen contains a kind of seminal cytoplasmic factor. It has antibacterial properties comparable to penicillin, can kill pathogenic bacteria such as staphylococcus, and can clean and protect the vagina of pregnant women.

2. Appropriate sex in late pregnancy helps induce labor

Women who have sex late in pregnancy are more likely to give birth between 38 and 40 weeks of pregnancy than women who do not. Babies born between 38 and 42 weeks of pregnancy are considered full-term.

Among women who avoided sexual intercourse in late pregnancy, 29.8% did not give birth at 41 weeks of pregnancy, a higher rate than the 6.9% of those who actively had sexual intercourse in late pregnancy. The woman was unable to give birth after 41 weeks of pregnancy and needed artificial induction of labor.

3. Having sex during pregnancy will not bring about negative consequences, such as premature birth or rupture of membranes.

2. Precautions for sexual intercourse during pregnancy

1. When a wife is pregnant, the husband should be gentle, romantic, patient and considerate.

2. During pregnancy, you should use different ways of touching during sex, such as caressing your wife's abdomen and experiencing the joy of fetal movement together.

3. When having sex during pregnancy, try not to put your body weight on your wife's abdomen and breasts.

4. Use pillows as much as possible to make your wife comfortable, and keep them perpendicular to her body curves as much as possible.

5. When enjoying sex during pregnancy, spend more time trying to find the most comfortable method.

6. During the close contact stage before intercourse, the husband can touch and stimulate the clitoris and labia, but do not insert his fingers into the vagina to avoid damaging the vagina and causing bacterial infection.

7. During pregnancy, vaginal secretions increase and resistance decreases. Before having sex, both husband and wife should clean the vulva and maintain hygiene.

8. The prospective father should be considerate of the psychological and physical discomfort his wife may experience during pregnancy.

9. The prospective father should care about and be considerate of his wife, respect his wife, and strictly refrain from forcing her to have sex.

10. The duration and intensity of sexual intercourse during pregnancy should be appropriate, and the movements should be gentle to avoid excessive stimulation; the duration should be shortened accordingly (1-3 minutes).

11. After the wife becomes pregnant, the influence of hormones increases the glycogen in the vagina. The chemical changes in the vagina during pregnancy are very conducive to the growth and reproduction of bacteria. Therefore, after a period of abstinence from sexual intercourse in the early stages of pregnancy, when resuming sexual life, the husband must wash away the smegma and glans penis to prevent the wife's vagina from being invaded by pathogenic microorganisms, thereby inducing intrauterine infection. Because intrauterine infection is an important factor that endangers the life of the fetus.

12. Having sexual intercourse with multiple partners during pregnancy may increase the risk of infection and lead to premature birth.