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syntaxingtoday at 12:37 AM3 repliesview on HN

> And the men that had spent longer looking after babies showed the largest drops in testosterone. Those that shared a bed with their infants also had lower levels.

Dad here. Maybe…it’s the lack of sleep? Involved fathers tend to have less sleep.


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bitshiftfacedtoday at 1:13 AM

Parents also tend to gain weight, and higher BMI is associated with a decline in T.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3809034/

verteutoday at 1:16 AM

Several of the studies described changes in hormones before the child was born.

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