Intimacy After Childbirth: Men Lose it Too, University of Michigan Study

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New dads often experience shifts in sexual desire for the mothers of their newborns, which can ebb and surge based on factors other than the physical changes of childbirth, a new study has found. The fatigue and stress of being a new parent can cause a loss of desire in the partners -- whether male or female -- of birth mothers, according to research published online Aug. 1 in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.

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