PLAYBOY - NEW MUM MCCARTHY'S SEX DRIVE BACK AFTER VEGAS WEEKEND

PLAYBOY pin-up JENNY McCARTHY feared she'd given up sex for good after the

birth of her son EVAN until she got lucky in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The blonde model-turned-actress refused to have sex with husband JOHN

ASHER for eight months after giving birth - but she refound her libido over a blackjack table in Sin City.

She explains, "It took that much time and a naughty weekend in Vegas,

and now I'm back with a vengeance. It came down to letting go and having fun

with my husband.

"So I could say, `Hey, let's play some blackjack and - ooh, let's go up to the room, and I'll give you a b**w job."

The 32-year-old actress, who first posed naked for Playboy magazine in

1994, is baring all again in the January 2005 issue, and she insists it's a good

time to show a little skin.

She adds, "I'm so happy to be able to pose again and show off my stuff after being a mom."

McCarthy's Playboy shoot took place at the Palm Springs, California, home where ELVIS PRESLEY spent his honeymoon.