Procreation or Recreation? Sex During Infertility
When you are first trying have a baby, sex can be fun. However, when it takes longer than you wanted or hoped, feelings of stress, anger, and sadness can arise, and sex can becomes work. When sex becomes baby-making and not a way to express intimacy and closeness within a relationship, it usually loses the enjoyment. If you are unable to conceive or dealing with feelings around pregnancy loss, sexual issues for both men and women can be a normal part of dealing with the experience. Thus, it is not uncommon for sexual dysfunction to happen as a result of the stress surrounding infertility. One study found that about 40% of female infertility patients had increase risk for sexual dysfunction [...]