Porn and Pregnancy

It is hard question. Watching porn should not have any psychological effects on your baby, but I am not sure about huge amounts of dopamine and so on. I would suggest you to abstain from porn, but also not to be to crude for yourself.

Wish you and your child all the best!

 

I don't think that there is a study done wich can proof that P will have an effect on the baby psychological mind, but as @GaryMayor said it is better to be save then sorry try to eat healty for now and avoid such bad things or think of something else when you have the urge to watch try to think of the days when you will have your baby holding him in your arms try to distract yourself.

Best of luck on your journey

 

I highly doubt your porn watching would have any effect on the baby but for your own sake you might as well quit.

 

Hello @littleadmeng and congratulations! How far along are you? My wife is pregnant right now too (due in the end of June). Did you know there is a group for parents and prospective parents here on NoFap? Having children and going through pregnancy (both for women and their partners) can be a stressful situation, and brings additional challenges and motivation to fighting PMO and other inappropriate behavior.

That being said, I agree with the posts above, I don't think that there is likely any harm that watching P could do to the baby at this stage, but it is worth quitting anyway. And as for MO, well most of the time it wouldn't be an issue, but if you are close to the end of the third trimester a strong O can cause labor (which can be either a good or a bad thing! depending on the situation).

One thing that you should consider, however, is what it will be like once the baby comes. PMO is strongly linked to depression, and with all the other hormones and issues that a new mother faces (especially while nursing a baby, if that is your plan) it could be a big problem, either compounding or masking the effects of post-partum depression.

Furthermore, the hormonal cocktail that the brain releases from viewing porn might interfere with the natural hormone feedback loop tied to nursing and bonding during the first few weeks of a baby's life. I'm not an expert, but I think that if there was a chance that a baby would be hurt by a mother being a PA, that would be the time I would guess the risk is greatest.

Good luck with everything, and congratulations again!!!

 

Hi,

There are some pretty cool studies out there that indicate your baby does get some direct input from stimuli in the womb. For instance they will recognize music played in-utero after birth. Of course they are just studies so I would take them with a grain of salt.

One thing you do want to be conscious of though is that anything that causes you chronic stress can have a long term effect on your babies ability to deal with stress. You and your child are essentially sharing a blood stream during your pregnancy so if you are constantly jacking up your dopamine levels and the corresponding glucocorticoids that bring them back down your baby is getting doses of those same neuro-transmitters.

Aside from that I can tell you as PMO addicted parent you are going to much more caring and attentive to your kids without Porn and the struggle of addictive behaviors looming over you.

Sorry if this comes across as preachy at all. Best wishes to you and your child!