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Despite sexual well-being\u2019s importance to health, how sexual well-being changes across time after a pregnancy loss and what might predict such changes, like perinatal grief, have never been examined, leaving practitioners and couples without knowledge of what to expect.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We aimed to examine (1) how sexual satisfaction, sexual desire, sexual distress, and perinatal grief change from 10 to 25\u00a0weeks postloss for both couple members; and (2) if perinatal grief levels at 10\u00a0weeks postloss predict sexual well-being trajectories.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Women and gender-diverse individuals who were pregnant when a pregnancy loss occurred (within the last 4\u00a0months) and men, women, and gender-diverse partners who were not pregnant (N\u2009=\u2009132 couples) independently completed 4 monthly assessments of sexual well-being and perinatal grief.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Outcomes<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Outcomes included sexual satisfaction (Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction), sexual desire (Sexual Desire Inventory), sexual distress (Sexual Distress Scale\u2013Short Form), perinatal grief (Perinatal Grief Scale).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Dyadic growth curve modeling indicated that, from 10 to 25\u00a0weeks postloss, both couple members\u2019 sexual satisfaction increased, and their sexual desire remained stable; sexual distress decreased for partners but remained stable for individuals who were pregnant; and both couple members\u2019 perinatal grief decreased. Perinatal grief levels at 10\u00a0weeks postloss did not predict sexual well-being trajectories over time.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Clinical Implications<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Given sexual well-being\u2019s dynamic nature, clinicians should regularly discuss sexuality with both couple members after pregnancy loss. During such discussions, clinicians could reassure couples about their sexual relationship\u2019s recovery by sharing that, on average, sexual satisfaction, sexual desire, and sexual distress tend to improve or stay the same (rather than worsen) from 10 to 25\u00a0weeks postloss. They can also share that perinatal grief tends to decrease during this time and is unrelated to trajectories of sexual satisfaction, sexual desire, and sexual distress.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Strengths and limitations<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This is the first study, to our knowledge, to examine how sexual well-being changes across time after a pregnancy loss and perinatal grief\u2019s role in such changes. The results may not generalize broadly, as most couples were in mixed-gender\/sex relationships, identified as White, and were relatively affluent.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>From 10 to 25\u00a0weeks postloss, both couple members tend to experience improvements in their overall sexual well-being and declines in their perinatal grief. Early perinatal grief levels and subsequent sexual well-being trajectories are seemingly unrelated.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jsxmed\/qdae088","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,1]],"date-time":"2024-09-01T00:18:00Z","timestamp":1725149880000},"page":"940-950","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Trajectories of sexual well-being and links with grief after a recent pregnancy loss: a dyadic longitudinal study"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4481-9961","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"David B","family":"Allsop","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychological Sciences, Northern Arizona University , Flagstaff, AZ 86011,","place":["United 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