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Long-term sexual function after childbirth is difficult to evaluate due to multiple confounding factors. This study was conducted to assess female sexual function in 29 monozygotic twin pairs who were discordant for parity. The twins were a subset of 542 twin sisters who were surveyed with the validated Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire (PISQ-12).
Among the 29 pairs discordant for parity, the groups of parous and nonparous twins were similar in age, body-mass index, prior surgery, and stress incontinence. However, significantly more twins in the parous group had urge incontinence compared with the nonparous group (32% vs. 7%). The parous twins also had significantly lower PISQ-12 scores, indicating lower sexual …