Postpartum libido

[MadeInChelt]

8 months pp & libido is yet to be found. DH and I have been intimate since giving birth but my libido is at zero. It’s not that I just don’t fancy it, it’s that I physiologically am not feeling any sexual drive. For example, DH and I shared a bath the other night & usually that would set me off - but nothing, ziltch, nada.
It takes a while for it to build up when we’re intimate & I can still climax but it’s a lot more effort these days.

Has this happened to anyone else??
Will it ever come back???

I think this is normal. Mine usually comes back with a vengeance around 12months pp along with a real desire for another baby...I now have 3 DC 🙈

@Mymoneydontjigglejiggle 🙌 amen! Glad to know I’m not the only one! Look out baby number 2 …?? 😂

Mines been MIA since DC2. Who is 6. 😐
(Was rare between the DCs too, really)

Had the mirena coil, hoping that's been the problem so having it out in a couple of weeks. Hope to magically feel like I did as a 20-something 🤞

Any posters who have any magical fix, I'll be interested to hear it.

Mine hasn't been great either ☹️ it was
amazing during pregnancy!!!!

Lots of women find breastfeeding does this, which may or may not be relevant to you.

Are you breastfeeding? I was exactly the same and i found my body didn't respond at all to things that previously would have been a "guarantee" for me. Mine came back after I stopped breastfeeding. We also started using lube which helped although does make me feel a bit old/unsexy!

@Photosymphysis oh dear! Don’t tell DH!

@grey12 mine was great during pregnancy too!

I didn’t breastfeed so it’s not that.

Maybe a baby free night might help.