Let's Talk about Sleep Baby: Sexual Activity Postpartum and Its Links with Room Sharing, Parent Sleep, and Objectively Measured Infant Sleep and Parent Nighttime Crib Visits
Source : https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2022.2092050
ABSTRACT ABSTRACT The postpartum period may pose a considerable challenge for both parent sleep and sexual activity. This study assessed the links between partnered sexual frequency and satisfaction postpartum and parent sleep, infant sleep, parent nighttime caregiving, and parent-infant room sharing. Participants were 897 parents of infants aged 1-18-months ( M = 8.8 ± 4.3, 49% girls).
Discussion: Future work may wish to assess whether interventions addressing parental involvement at nighttime may be useful not only in facilitating infant and parent sleep, but also in supporting the recovery of parents’ partnered sexual activity following the birth of their child.