Can Steamy Sex and Infertility Go Hand-In-Hand?

By Connie Shapiro, PhD
(February 11 2010)-- Some readers may wonder how I came to devote an entire chapter of my book When You're Not Expecting to the topic of the sex lives of couples with infertility. My answer would have to be that, among the hundreds of couples I have counseled about issues affected by their infertility, well over 90 percent identify their sexual relationship.

And this is now backed up by research just posted on an e-mail of RESOLVE to its members today: "A study conducted at Duke University Medical Center, and presented at the American Society of Reproductive Medicine by Dr. Jennifer Norten examined 'sexual satisfaction and functioning in patients seeking infertility treatment.' The results of this study suggest that women undergoing infertility treatment experience significant changes in various aspects of sexual desire, arousal, orgasm, length of foreplay and frequency of intercourse."

For both male and female readers who have been diagnosed with infertility, this will come as no surprise, although it may be something of a relief to know that you are not alone...Read more...

Source: Psychology Today