A senior midwife at the Tema Health Centre, Ruby Naa Ago Larbi Mensah Ansah-Tagoe is encouraging pregnant women to have sex more often.
According to her, sex during pregnancy tends to hasten labour because the human semen contains prostaglandin.
“When you’re pregnant, nothing has changed about you except that you’re pregnant. You can have your normal sex routine, maybe three times a week without any problems, especially from 7 months going should be the time when pregnant women are encouraged to have more sex because the semen has prostaglandin in it,” she told GBC.
She, however, advised that pregnant women must consult their doctors to check if the cervix is healthy enough for sex.
“We encourage sex during pregnancy only after the doctor has confirmed that there’s nothing wrong with your cervix, both internal and external,” she said.
She explained that the prostaglandin softens the uterus, which helps the pregnant woman to easily deliver when she’s in labour.
“The prostaglandin softens the uterus and helps the woman to dilate easily when it’s time for her to have a baby. Having sex hastens labour and the baby actually comes earlier than usual, and the pain normally even comes down,” she said.
She added that “Before your menses, that week, you have sex, and when the menses comes, you won’t feel any pain. It’s just closer to labour. It even eases the pain for you when you do that.”
Ansah-Tagoe also advised pregnant women to still visit the salon regularly and avoid eating junk food. She said this will make them healthy and look good and be ready or labour when the time is due.
Source: pulse ghana
