Abstract
The aim was to report the sexual behavior of males in pregnancy, their experiences and meanings. 6 men participated, Mexico City, from 23 to 35 years old, married, with different education and occupation. They were interviewed about their sexual experiences during fetal development of their child. Each man was a case: suspension of sex to maintain a pregnancy difficult to obtain; interrupt sex to care for the couple during the pregnancy and not harm the baby; sex decreased with advancing pregnancy; disruption of sex in late pregnancy by preventing spontaneous abortion; improvement of their sex in pregnancy; and a special sexuality and sustained until birth. Men - based on experiences and meanings of love and erotic relationship with his partner, the pregnant body, the gestational development and emerging fatherhood - decided how to behave sexually with a sense during pregnancy.
