~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Marsha Glass RN, BSN, IBCLC~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future
generations as all other earthly causes combined.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~John S. C. Abbot~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Hi Catherine!  OK, you have a point, but I still believe there is a
connection between stress and let-down for some women.  So, let me go at
this from another angle.  I heard Nils Bergman speak last year and he
talked at length about the "toxic" cocktail of chemicals running around
in the body when we are under stress, which interferes with a lot of
basic functions (of course he was talking about the effect this has on
babies separated from their mothers).  Why couldn't these stress
hormones interfere in some way with breastfeeding or MER? Michel Odent
talks about the primal brain being overridden by the neocortex, the
neocortex being the "civilized" part of us that differentiates us from
other mammals.  If a response is purely hard-wired (like shutting down
labor when danger is present, that would put it in the realm of the
primal, wouldn't it?  So, where does the neocortex come in?

I have come to understand that there are "us's" and there are "them's"
in the world.  The "thems" are the 75% of the population that are
extroverts.  What I observe by interactions is that the "thems" seem to
say and do everything out in the open for all to see and they don't
think twice about it.  They are not embarrassed to let others see and
hear their unguarded moments and impulsive thoughts.  The "us's" are
just the opposite.  We rarely say things we haven't thought out in
advance and are very uncomfortable letting those we are not close to
emotionally see or hear any unguarded actions or thoughts.  It is
interesting for me to guess who on LN are the extroverts and who are the
introverts.  The "ex's" post frequently and say things that make me
think, 'wow, that's cool.  I'd never have had the guts to say that!'
The "in's" speak up periodically, like me.  You don't read our names
every week, only occasionally.  As hard as it is for me to imagine what
it is like wanting to talk all the time and not feeling much inhibition
about your right to do so, it is hard for the ex's to imagine what makes
the 25% of us who are "in's" tick and why we don't just say what we
think!  My answer is -we can't!  My nature won't let me.  These are,
again gross generalizations but don't miss my point which is that I
still think there are individual differences that can account for an
inhibited MER in some people.
Marsha

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