when can i have sex? I am one month pregnant.”
In most cases sexual activity while you’re pregnant, including intercourse, is safe from conception all the way until your water breaks. There are a few exceptions, and if they apply to you, ask your health care provider first:
- You’re in late pregnancy and you have a history of preterm labor
- You have placenta previa (the placenta is covering the cervix)
- You have cervical insufficiency (also known as an ‘incompetent cervix’)
- You’re being treated for a yeast infection or bacterial vaginosis (ask your doctor how long during and after treatment you should abstain)
- You are experiencing vaginal or pelvic pain or bleeding
- Your water has broken
- Your partner has a sexually transmitted infection, or is being treated for one
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- your health care has told you to avoid sexual activity. If your health care provider does tell you to avoid sex for a medical reason, ask specifically what activities are off limits and for how long- is it the worry that uterine contractions from orgasm might induce labor prematurely, or concern about an infection that would mean you should avoid other kinds of contact?
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