Advice please! Is it possible to recover lost libido and will seeing GP actually help?

[Noonesaid]

Hi, have name changed for this as DH knows my nickname, but I do need advice.
We have 2 DC - 4 and 18mth and although I love my DH dearly, I have completely lost my libido. It flagged badly post DC one and now seems to have become a distant memory. We do still have sex (about once a week) but it is usually initiated by him and when it isn't, it is because I know I should. I enjoy it well enough during it but have to admit to frequently thinking ok, lets get this over with. It does not help that we both work and I am permanently exhausted - and I really feel would prefer a good nights sleep - but even when we make the effort to go to bed early, I am still having to 'lie back and think of my marriage.
I am not unwell, have had my thyroid function checked, am not on the OCP and although have minor body image 'hang ups' post DC, am not so self conscious.
Will the GP be able to offer any real help? Medication?
ANyone else either been through this or knows how to deal with this?
DH is being supportive but I am really concerned that this will wreck our marriage in the long term.

anyone?

This sounds pretty normal to me.... Low sex drive is pretty common (but not universal of course) in women after the initial stages of a relationship, and particularly after kids. But if you still enjoy it when you get going, then just get going. Don't wait for desire as you may wait for ever... Go for arousal first then focus on desire.

Two books I always recommend - the Sex Diaries by Bettina Ardnt, proper study, gave me a whole new perspective on my sexuality. And The Sex Starved Marriage by Michele Weiner Davis, more self helpy but very good.

Lady medea, that's a helpful reply. I'm sure loads of women have this at one stage or another, and it's useful to think of it as a phase rather than oh my god, I'll never get it back!
Noone said, are your kids quite small still?

Being very tired really doesn't help: things often improve once the DC get a bit bigger and less demanding. Also, if your H is supportive and a good bloke, there's a lot more chance of your libido recovering than if you're in that not-uncommon situation of the man doing sod all in the way of domestic work and then asking for sex all the time so that sex becomes another chore you feel you have to perform for his benefit.

I think ladymedela has give some great advice. From being in that position myself, I can recommend buying some good lubricant and making sex a priority. Go to bed earlier, get up earlier and find the time to do it. Create intimacy by making sure you kiss, touch often. You have to make yourself do it, to make it more of a habit.