Sex while pregnant

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Is it a sin to have sex with my already pregnant wife?

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As far as I know, it isn’t a sin. I was able to have sex while I was pregnant. But don’t force it. My ex did at times, and there is no bigger turn off than that.
 
Absolutely not, as long as both parties are willing and they can find…um…well, manage.
 
No problem whatsoever. The inability to become pregnant when already pregnant is clearly a natural (that is, God-intended), not man-made, inhibition. And the fact that your wife is pregnant already shows a certain openness to life. 🙂
 
thistle said:
I don’t know but can’t you give the poor woman a break for a few months??!!
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You know, it is just possible that a couple might actually *enjoy *such closeness at a special time like this, provided there are no health or safety issues, and the desire is mutual…I would think such closeness deserves encouragement, as opposed to the attitude you displayed.
 
Mattapoisett64 said:
You know, it is just possible that a couple might actually *enjoy *such closeness at a special time like this, provided there are no health or safety issues, and the desire is mutual…I would think such closeness deserves encouragement, as opposed to the attitude you displayed.
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Obviously you have no sense of humour if you couldn’t see I was making a joke. Go back to bed then get out of the right side!

On a serious note its an interesting question. The sexual act between spouses (apart from being unitive) must be open to life but if the wife is already pregnant then how can this act during pregnancy be open to life?

CCC 2366 Fecundity is a gift, an end of marriage, for conjugal love naturally tends to be fruitful. A child does not come from outside as something added on to the mutual love of the spouses, but springs from the very heart of that mutual giving, as its fruit and fulfillment. So the Church, which is “on the side of life,”** teaches** that “it is necessary that each and every marriage act remain ordered per se to the procreation of human life.” “This particular doctrine, expounded on numerous occasions by the Magisterium, is based on the inseparable connection, established by God, which man on his own initiative may not break, between the unitive significance and the procreative significance which are both inherent to the marriage act.”
 
Mattapoisett64 said:
You know, it is just possible that a couple might actually *enjoy *such closeness at a special time like this, provided there are no health or safety issues, and the desire is mutual…I would think such closeness deserves encouragement, as opposed to the attitude you displayed.
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I think she was kidding.
 
thistle said:
So the Church, which is “on the side of life,”** teaches** that “it is necessary that each and every marriage act remain ordered per se to the procreation of human life.”
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Sex without anything artificial in the way is ordered to procreation.
 
PaulinVA said:
Sex without anything artificial in the way is ordered to procreation.
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That’s true but if the woman is already pregnant how can that apply. While she is pregnant any sexual act during pregnancy cannot be procreative.
 
thistle said:
That’s true but if the woman is already pregnant how can that apply. While she is pregnant any sexual act during pregnancy cannot be procreative.
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It says every marital act has to be open to life,
not every marital act has to result in procreation. read what it says. open to life. new life is already (name removed by moderator)rocess. If you want to give your wife a break, and she asks for it, consider the weeks after birth while she recovers, and biologically, physically and hormonally not ready (and too tired). If there are no physical contraindications pregnancy is a great time because it makes you learn new things, news ways, and that is always fun.
 
puzzleannie said:
It says every marital act has to be open to life,
not every marital act has to result in procreation. read what it says. open to life. new life is already (name removed by moderator)rocess. If you want to give your wife a break, and she asks for it, consider the weeks after birth while she recovers, and biologically, physically and hormonally not ready (and too tired). If there are no physical contraindications pregnancy is a great time because it makes you learn new things, news ways, and that is always fun.
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If the wife is already pregnant then any sexual act during the pregnancy cannot mean open to life because life is already there. Open to life means the sexual act can (but not necessarily will) result in pregnancy but if the woman is already pregnant then its impossible to be open to life because she cannot get pregnant again while she is already pregnant.
 
thistle said:
If the wife is already pregnant then any sexual act during the pregnancy cannot mean open to life because life is already there. Open to life means the sexual act can (but not necessarily will) result in pregnancy but if the woman is already pregnant then its impossible to be open to life because she cannot get pregnant again while she is already pregnant.
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I think the same moral principles would apply as to a woman who was sterile because of, say, a hysterectomy. Sure, the act is not going to result in a new life, no way, no how (barring a miracle), but it is not contrary to new life, as is a contraceptive act, which is the moral principle in play here.
 
thistle said:
If the wife is already pregnant then any sexual act during the pregnancy cannot mean open to life because life is already there. Open to life means the sexual act can (but not necessarily will) result in pregnancy but if the woman is already pregnant then its impossible to be open to life because she cannot get pregnant again while she is already pregnant.
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When the Church says “open to life”, she means that the couple is doing nothing to interfere with potential conception.
It does not mean that conception is possible.

The Church does not bar the sterile or the aged from marital relations. The pregnant are no different.

BTW, there have also been rare cases of twins of different ages, i.e. pregnancy did not stop the woman from ovulating and a second conception occured.

But, even if conception was a complete impossibility, like if the woman had a hysterectomy or is 80 years old, she is still allowed, and expected to have marital relations.

God Bless
 
Newbie2 said:
I think the same moral principles would apply as to a woman who was sterile because of, say, a hysterectomy. Sure, the act is not going to result in a new life, no way, no how (barring a miracle), but it is not contrary to new life, as is a contraceptive act, which is the moral principle in play here.
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Okay. I think I get it now. Thanks.
 
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