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Do We Have to Have Sex?

Female Sexual Dysfunction

By Lisa A. Goldstein

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Do We Have to Have Sex?-Female Sexual DysfunctionWanting a baby means having regular and sometimes more frequent sex. For some, this might be a turn on, but for others, it's not. Female sexual dysfunction is a real problem that might be keeping you out of the bedroom and away from your dreams of conceiving.

Some women have always had less-than-good sex lives, while other women have had good sex lives until they started trying to conceive. It's important to separate not liking sex and wanting to get pregnant, because they are quite different, says Erica Neuman, M.S., sexual wellness coach and certified sex educator at MyPleasure.com. After all, the desire to get pregnant is not going to help a woman get over her aversion to sex. "She may force herself to have penile-vaginal intercourse so she can get pregnant, but that would probably exacerbate her desire problem," says Neuman.

Hormonal treatment of a sexual desire disorder may also interfere with fertility and therefore hamper the ability to conceive.

Four Types of Dysfunction
If a woman views her feelings about sex as a problem, however, the first step is to determine her sexual dysfunction and underlying causes by seeing a sex therapist. Neuman says the woman's hormone levels should be checked, especially her testosterone levels. Once the cause of dysfunction is identified, she can begin treatment.

Women can experience four types of sexual dysfunctions at different points in their lives, says Neuman. She lists lack of sexual desire, lack of sexual arousal, inability to orgasm (the most common problem for women) and sexual pain disorders (the least common).


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