Talk:Sex after pregnancy

To do

I wrote this as Sexual Interaction After Childbirth was on a good topic, but it needed rewriting from scratch. Any useful content from there should be merged here.

Issues possibly needing expansion are:

1. Men's feelings about sex after pregnancy
2. How the baby fits into the scheme of things
3. How the issue varies between new and experienced parents
4. Risks
5. Treatments for sexual problems postpartum
6. Reasons for loss of libido, including in men
7. Whether men pressure women into sex
8. Sex after miscarriage or abortion
9. How sex or a lack of it after pregnancy affects relationships
10. Sex after pregnancy in single women, or lesbians
11. Non-penetrative sex

Fences&Windows 02:17, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Also needs to cover contraception after pregnancy/childbirth. (LAM, when to select method, etc.) Zodon (talk) 06:18, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: WikiProject Medicine Winter 2023 UCF COM

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 9 January 2023 and 3 February 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Se759720 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: A98h76h54.

— Assignment last updated by DLEMERGEBM (talk) 00:28, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

• Include the information that the painful intercourse is the most common sexual activity-related complication after childbirth. • Include the information that the postpartum patients are generally advised to resume sexual activity when they feel comfortable to do so, as there are no specific guidelines on resuming sexual intercourse after childbirth.

• Include ACOG committee opinion as a source for the information “…some women experience prolonged loss of sexual desire after giving birth, which may be associated with postnatal depression.”

• Include “Oxford Handbook of Perinatal Psychology” Chapter 14 as a reference for the worsening body image after childbirth.

Birth method

• Include the following information: Not all lacerations or trauma during childbirth lead to impairment of sexual function, but several types of lacerations are associated with increased risk of sexual dysfunction.

• Include a CMAJ literature as an additional reference for the information that perineal damage is associated with painful sex and that the women with perineal damage resume sex later.

Sexual dysfunction

• Include a CMAJ literature as an additional reference for the information that vaginal dryness may occur after childbirth due to hypoestrogenic state.

• Include the information that the breastfeeding patients are more likely to resume sexual intercourse later than those who do not breastfeed.

• Include ACOG guideline as an additional reference for the information that breastfeeding women are more likely to experience sexual dysfunction, including painful intercourse.

• Include the “Reduced libido” section under this “Sexual Dysfunction” section.

• Reduced libido

o Include the information that the risk of postpartum sexual dysfunction can be increased with history of sexual dysfunction prior to pregnancy.

o Include the information that the risk of reduced libido can be further increased with trauma during pregnancy.

Treatment

• Include information about the indications and timing for postpartum contraception.

• Include information about the different types of contraceptive measures offered to postpartum patients.

Peer Review WikiProject Medicine Winter 2023 UCF COM

Hi! I am conducting peer review of this article as part of this course. Please see below for the review. I used the most current workplan as posted above. A98h76h54 (talk) 14:38, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Lead Section
Included the information that the painful intercourse is the most common sexual activity-related complication after childbirth.
Included the information that the postpartum patients are generally advised to resume sexual activity when they feel comfortable to do so, as there are no specific guidelines on resuming sexual intercourse after childbirth.
Included ACOG committee opinion as a source for the information “…some women experience prolonged loss of sexual desire after giving birth, which may be associated with postnatal depression.”
Included “Oxford Handbook of Perinatal Psychology” Chapter 14 as a reference for the worsening body image after childbirth.

• Overall great lead section- not too clunky with information, gives a general overview, good sources.
  

Birth method
Included the following information: Not all lacerations or trauma during childbirth lead to impairment of sexual function, but several types of lacerations are associated with increased risk of sexual dysfunction.
Included a CMAJ literature as an additional reference for the information that perineal damage is associated with painful sex and that the women with perineal damage resume sex later.

• If anything, I’d break up the last sentence in this section- it’s a little hard to read with the amount of citations and commas adding to the length. You could make a new sentence with everything after the “although”.
  

Delay

• Be mindful of using the Mayo Clinic as a source.
  
• There are a few primary sources in this section. While I think that’s alright based on the topic and nature (including different cultural views), this is something that could be looked into further! For the American survey information, I think the sentence would flow better without the (%). If someone wants more information, they can always click on the article! Also be careful of WebMD.
  

Sexual dysfunction
Included a CMAJ literature as an additional reference for the information that vaginal dryness may occur after childbirth due to hypoestrogenic state.
Included the information that the breastfeeding patients are more likely to resume sexual intercourse later than those who do not breastfeed.
Included ACOG guideline as an additional reference for the information that breastfeeding women are more likely to experience sexual dysfunction, including painful intercourse.
Included the “Reduced libido” section under this “Sexual Dysfunction” section.

• Same as above with primary sources, but I can understand that not many metanalyses or systematic reviews/lit reviews have been published on this topic. Some older sources, but still 2000s.
  

Reduced libido
Included the information that the risk of postpartum sexual dysfunction can be increased with history of sexual dysfunction prior to pregnancy.
Included the information that the risk of reduced libido can be further increased with trauma during pregnancy.

• In partners section- One source based on news article which provides access (on further research, information is from a study).
  

Risks
Cite the last sentence!

Treatment
Included information about the indications and timing for postpartum contraception.
Included information about the different types of contraceptive measures offered to postpartum patients.
This section starts off with long sentences. I would break these up into shorter sentences. Good job using CDC and ACOG. I thought this was easy to read.

After abortion
In the future, I would have other contributors expand on this section (post it on the Talk page!). I don’t believe this was one of your focuses based on workplan.

Overall Feedback:
I think this article is understandable and flows well.
Appropriate sources are used- I wish there were more secondary sources, but can understand use of primary sources.
It seems as though you accomplished much of your workplan, great job!
I would be mindful of sentence length only because it can be hard to read/distracting when many citations and commas are present! Try, if you can, to break up as many of these sentences as you can.
The links I clicked on worked, but some of them are not open access! I believe this is fine though as you are still adding pertinent information to the article.
A98h76h54 (talk) 14:46, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Also, one more comment. The top-middle of the article could use a couple of images to break up the wording! If you can find any article-appropriate images that fit those sections (e.g. air embolism for "risks" section), I'd consider adding those. A98h76h54 (talk) 00:36, 1 February 2023 (UTC)