Hi Lisa, I think maybe we are not quite hearing each other? I am saying, more stress horomes, less oxytocin. We know that in labour, stress if extememe enough will stop the production of oxytocin to the point where labour stops. A stressed animal's labour will stop altogether untill the danger has passed. Todays mothers are carying more stress than ever before. We are carrying the stress of modern life in today's dysfunctional world. We are also carrying the stress of repressed pain and trauma due to the fact that most of us did not get our baby needs adequately met all all (this goes back quite a few generations and is steadily increasing). This unresolved repressed pain is gated in the mid brain and stored in the amagdala (unless we retrieve it through therapeutic intervention). The body of a person carrying a heavy load of early deprivation and unmet needs remains stressed throughout life unless those issues are dealt with in therapy. People undergoing the deep feeling regressive therapies show less stress hormones (other than just cortisol) in their blood (and changes in other vital signs) after resolving a significant amount of this material. What I am suggesting is that it is due to this problem we are seeing more and more mothers with inadequate milk supply due to these factors, and that this will continue to increase from generation to generation untill or unless these issues are addressed. KMC researcher, Nils Bergman, says we are now stresssing mothers and babies "beyond the limits of adaptability". The words are easy to say, but the implication are serious indeed. > I recently reviewed a lot of related literature, and I don't believe > this to be true in most cases. Stress is a common experience, and > if it could kill a milk supply that easily, I do wonder if the human > race would still be in existence! I think the point made by Bergman above, is that if we continue to carry on the way we are, it won't! Just my 2 cent's worth, Pat (Cape Town) *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html