effect of pregnancy on marital relation

ABSTRACT

The study was conducted in the maternity Ain Shams Hospital, out patient clinic. The aim is to study the effect of pregnancy on marital relation. The sample was a total of 200 women, 100 premigravidae and 100 multigravidae in different fertility age. Tool of data collection was a structured interview sheet developed particularly for this purpose and covers the physiological, psychological and sexual changes due to pregnancy during first, second and third trimester. It was found that, multiple factors appear to be implicated influencing a woman's sexual behavior during the pregnancy experience and the marital role is usually altered in some way by pregnancy