Book contents
- Pregnancy Complications
- Pregnancy Complications
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Note from the Editor-in-Chief
- Normal Laboratory Values (Conventional Units) []
- Section 1 Antepartum (Early Pregnancy)
- Section 2 Antepartum (Mid-trimester)
- Case 12 A 25-Year-Old with Cervical Insufficiency at 18 Weeks
- Case 13 A 25-Year-Old with an Echogenic Cardiac Focus at 19 Weeks’ Gestation
- Case 14 A 20-Year-Old with Right Lower Quadrant Pain at 15 Weeks’ Gestation
- Case 15 A 40-Year-Old with Decreased Libido at 29 Weeks
- Case 16 A 35-Year-Old with a Left Breast Mass at 35 Weeks
- Case 17 A 25-Year-Old at 14 Weeks’ Gestation with Pelvic Pain and Inability to Void
- Case 18 A 35-Year-Old with Abdominal Cramping and Pelvic Pain at 24 Weeks’ Gestation
- Case 19 Appendicitis Presenting as Nausea, Vomiting, and Abdominal Pain at 16 Weeks
- Section 3 Antepartum (Late Pregnancy)
- Section 4 Antepartum (Medical Complications)
- Section 5 Antepartum (Infectious Complications)
- Section 6 Intrapartum/Delivery
- Section 7 Postpartum
- Section 8 Fetal Complications
- Section 9 Placental Complications
- Section 10 Complications of the Cord, Amnion, and Gravid Uterus
- Section 11 Psychosocial Considerations
- Index
- References
Case 15 - A 40-Year-Old with Decreased Libido at 29 Weeks
from Section 2 - Antepartum (Mid-trimester)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 April 2025
Book contents
- Pregnancy Complications
- Pregnancy Complications
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Note from the Editor-in-Chief
- Normal Laboratory Values (Conventional Units) []
- Section 1 Antepartum (Early Pregnancy)
- Section 2 Antepartum (Mid-trimester)
- Case 12 A 25-Year-Old with Cervical Insufficiency at 18 Weeks
- Case 13 A 25-Year-Old with an Echogenic Cardiac Focus at 19 Weeks’ Gestation
- Case 14 A 20-Year-Old with Right Lower Quadrant Pain at 15 Weeks’ Gestation
- Case 15 A 40-Year-Old with Decreased Libido at 29 Weeks
- Case 16 A 35-Year-Old with a Left Breast Mass at 35 Weeks
- Case 17 A 25-Year-Old at 14 Weeks’ Gestation with Pelvic Pain and Inability to Void
- Case 18 A 35-Year-Old with Abdominal Cramping and Pelvic Pain at 24 Weeks’ Gestation
- Case 19 Appendicitis Presenting as Nausea, Vomiting, and Abdominal Pain at 16 Weeks
- Section 3 Antepartum (Late Pregnancy)
- Section 4 Antepartum (Medical Complications)
- Section 5 Antepartum (Infectious Complications)
- Section 6 Intrapartum/Delivery
- Section 7 Postpartum
- Section 8 Fetal Complications
- Section 9 Placental Complications
- Section 10 Complications of the Cord, Amnion, and Gravid Uterus
- Section 11 Psychosocial Considerations
- Index
- References
Summary
Sexual health is an important component of a person’s overall well-being. Physiologic, psychologic, anatomic, and hormonal changes inherent to pregnancy negatively affect sexual function. Sexual frequency and satisfaction progressively decline over the course of pregnancy, worsening in the third trimester. Initiating a discussion regarding sexuality during pre- and post-natal care can lessen the degree of sexual dysfunction. It is imperative for providers to counsel pregnant patients that the alterations in sexual function that occur during this time are normal and are seen in most antepartum patients. Additional management strategies include relationship nurturing, stress management, and addressing physical limitations that commonly arise with advancing gestation.
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- Pregnancy ComplicationsA Case-Based Approach, pp. 46 - 47Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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