>A few months ago , in line at the grocery store, I read a fascinating
>article all about oxytocin in SHAPE magazine. Feeling thrifty I did not
>purchase the magazine and have been kicking myself ever since. It was
>very thorough and one of it's main points was that oxytocin is produced
>in response to many things, (so it is present before orgasm) and causes
>very fuzzy thinking! As in - will cloud your thought processes in favor
>of procreation.  A  species survival mechanism.  Pushes sex over
>responsible thinking. (Maybe it's a good thing I didn't buy it , my
>teenagers would love that excuse!)
>Also explains the "milk brain" of the lactaing woman.

Judy, this sounds like some of the material that a speaker at ILCA presented
in New Orleans.  She is Kerstin Uvnas-Moberg and presented based on her
research on Oxytocin. Perhaps someone who heard her sessions could speak to
the issue at hand. One of her talks was entitled, "Beyond the Milk Ejection
Reflex:  The Multifaceted Role of Oxytocin During Lactation."

It's interesting that SHAPE Magazine would have access to her research.

Patricia Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee
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