Could Last-Trimester Sex Harm Your Baby?
Q. I'm in my last trimester of pregnancy, and my husband is starting to avoid sex. He has admitted that he's afraid his penis will somehow hurt the baby, or that intercourse will cause premature labor. I don't think either of these things is true, and I want to make love now while it's still just the two of us. Who's right?
A. If yours is an uncomplicated pregnancy, with no history or risk of preterm labor, then it's almost 100 percent safe to make love in your last trimester, says Iffath Hoskins, MD, executive director of the Institute for Women's Health at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah: "If you're comfortable in a certain position while making love, then your baby is, too."
A. If yours is an uncomplicated pregnancy, with no history or risk of preterm labor, then it's almost 100 percent safe to make love in your last trimester, says Iffath Hoskins, MD, executive director of the Institute for Women's Health at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah: "If you're comfortable in a certain position while making love, then your baby is, too."
On November 9, 2010
