4 Ways Birth and Breastfeeding Will Ruin Sex

Cole Gamble — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:29:00 GMT

Okay, I’m a guy so I don’t have much to input about sex after birth from a woman perspective. Personally I’m for it and really down with pregnancy sex. Too personal? Okay. Men, however, worry about what sex will be like after the big show. And this can also differ quite a bit due to the form of birth: c-section or front door. I am familiar with the Madonna Complex: when a man watches the baby comes out of his wife’s vagina he has a hard time seeing said vagina as a sexual object, instead viewing it more like a mommy tool or portal (and not a sexy portal either).

But a guy’s perspective isn’t going to help you, as it turns out many women lose their desire for sex after birth too.

So for the lady’s perspective, we turn to Hilda Hutcherson, M.D., gynecologist and author of What Your Mother Never Told You about Sex. Hilda cites four main culprits for less sex after birth, some physical, some emotional.

#1 Prolactin

When a woman breastfeeds her body boosts her prolactin levels. Prolactin is a hormone that kills your sex drive. For some reason your body does not want you having sex while your breastfeeding. Could it be a way of nature telling you to wait on making another baby until the first one is a little older? Whatever the case, as long as you breastfeed you won’t have desire to knock boots, so says Dr. Hilda.

#2 Mommy on the Brain

Now that you are a mother your focus switches off your relationship with your partner and onto your relationship with your baby. Taking on the role of mommy, you may stop seeing yourself as a sexual being.

#3 Bad Body Image

You probably saw this one coming. Many of you feel funky about your post birth body. Things got stretched out; baby weight is still hanging around. No matter how much your partner tells you you’re desirable, you just can’t believe it.

#4 Fatigue

Yep, babies are freaking exhausting. Hell, two year-olds are really exhausting. And when you’re that exhausted a vigorous romp is the furthest thing from your mind.

What do you think? Is Dr. Hilda full of crap and are you post-birth ladies getting it on with no problems?

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Stay out of my room or I'll pee on your tree

Brett Singer — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:00:00 GMT

I've tried to write a summary of this story but I haven't been able to come up with a better intro than this one (from the New York Times):

When the men of the Phoenix Country Club saw their feeding ways in peril, they did not tarry. Some sent nasty e-mail messages, hectored players on the fairway and, for good measure, urinated on a fellow club member’s pecan tree.

As you can probably guess, it was that last one – the whole "urinating on a tree" thing – that grabbed my attention. What caused otherwise civilized men to make pee-pee on the pecan tree? Why, it was the women! They want to eat in the same dining room as the men! Well, if some chick wants to do that, I'm going to take a leak on her tree! That'll show those nosy broads.

The specifics are as follows: the Phoenix Country Club in Arizona does not allow women to eat in the men's grill room. According to the New York Times, this grill room is where high-level business deals are conducted, not to mention more pedestrian activities such as lunch. Well can't these persnickety hens go somewhere else? Actually, no. The "ladies' grill" has "a hot plate, some card tables and no bar." That's right. A hot plate.

Now, Arizona, Arizona… who's from Arizona? Oh! John McCain! Well, he's not a member. His son Andrew is, and so is Alice Cooper. (Kids, Alice Cooper is this rock star-type guy who used to really upset people because his act featured images of death and stuff. Yeah, we were pretty silly back then. Check out his Muppet Show episode, it's a lot of fun. And for those of you who remember Alice Cooper, yes. He's now a member of a country club that doesn't let women eat with men.)

This issue came to a head when Barbara Van Sittert and her husband Logan "appealed to the board of the club" to change the rules so they could have breakfast together. When they were told to stuff it, they went to the Attorney General's office, which recently issued an "advisory legal opinion that the club needed to comply with the state's antidiscrimination laws." That doesn't mean anything yet; the club has 30 days to try and settle the matter before the AG gets all legal on them.

So remember guys. If women want to do something you don't want them to do, whip it out and pee on their lawn. That'll show 'em.

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