Does method of birth make a difference to when women resume sex after childbirth?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 823-830

  McDonald, E A ^a   Brown, S J ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Method of birth; perineal trauma; pregnancy cohort; resumption of sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COITUS; DELIVERY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NULLIPARA; PERINEUM; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COITUS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PARTURITION; PERINEUM; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84877767473     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12166     Document Type: Article

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