Melbourne : Women who deliver through Caesarean section experience more pain during first sexual intercourse after childbirth than those who give birth naturally, says a study, according to IANS.
Operative birth is associated with persisting pain during or after sexual intercourse known as dyspareunia. “Our findings show the extent to which women report persisting dyspareunia at 6 and 18 months postpartum is influenced by events during labour and birth, in particular Caesarean section and vacuum extraction delivery,” explained Ellie McDonald from the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Victoria, Australia.
The fact that dyspareunia is more common among women experiencing operative procedures points to the need for focusing clinical attention on ways to help women experiencing ongoing morbidity, and increased efforts to prevent postpartum morbidity where possible, they added. For the study, a cohort of 1,244 first-time mothers in Melbourne was used. Of the women sampled, 49 percent had a spontaneous vaginal birth.
