Can miscarriage kill your sex drive?

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Apologies if this isn’t the best board I tried to post in sex but i didn’t have the permissions.

I’ve had two miscarriage very close together. Two in three months. The second was at 8 weeks, that was at the end of Feb. I know I wasn’t massively far along but I felt very pregnant. I lost a lot of blood and had very painful contractions during my miscarriage.

Since then my sex drive is dead. Periods returned quickly and ovulating every month. Does anyone know if miscarriage can physically cause this? I used to be a very sexual person this is an unknown for me.

A lot of articles online mention not being emotionally ready for sex after mc but that not it. I enjoy sex when I’m having it and my partner initiates it but I never want it proactively. I also do have sex dreams.

Has anyone else experienced this? I wonder if my (short) pregnancy caused my body / hormones to change. Pregnancy and birth are known to alter sex drive but nothing is ever mentioned about miscarriage doing that or how far along you have to be for it to have an effect.

Thank you

I'm sorry for your losses 💐💐.

Just for your information, the miscarriage posts are under "body and soul" and then there is a section on "miscarriage/baby loss".

It can definitely take a while for the body to get back to normal after a loss. For me my cycles are usually longer after a pregnancy, however short. That means that my hormones are affected in some way, even if I am ovulating. I have also found the physical experience of sex different since having a baby (c-section so nothing to do with giving birth).

You say it's not emotional but our emotions can get us in sneaky and unexpected ways. We aren't always aware of how it is impacting us.

In terms of the physical side tho, yes I'm sure something that impacts your body as much as pregnancy and miscarriage can impact sex drive too.

In my experience most things come back to normal within a few months so I'm sure you won't be permanently affected.