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)

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