Well, I haven't received much input in regards to helping me pin down
whether my client really does have a deficit of oxytocin or not. (As she
believes, "no oxytocin at all" as a result of meningitis when a girl).  I
have a couple more thoughts that I want to run by you all.

1)  The mom asked me about her Braxton-hicks contractions; are they
oxytocin-mediated? Does anyone know what triggers them?  I thought this
was an excellent question on her part.

2)  Another possible way to test, a week or so after birth, is to have
her be stimulated to orgasm, and then see whether or not it triggers an
MER. I think that this might help answer the question of oxytocin release
during/after orgasm; if it causes orgasm, it should also cause MER; if it
doesn't cause orgasm, then no MER.  (Do I have a fallacy here somewhere?)

3) Third idea prenatal: Have mom do nipple stimulation and see if it
causes uterine contractions, ala non-stress testing.  I once had a
non-stress test where they sat me up on the table and told me to fondle
my nipples while they recorded my contractions..............

What do you all think?

-Lisa Marasco, BA, IBCLC