I think it was Jan Barger who pointed out that if a uterus responded well to oxytocin during pregnancy, that's how we'd do abortions.  Cheap, simple, safe.  But it doesn't work.  Not until just before labor, when the number of uterine oxytocin receptors skyrockets.  So yes, pumping/nipple stimulation can start labor... but only if it was about to start anyway.  Cool!

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY  USA
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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