I've been surfing the internet today to see what info there is available
about the biology of oxytocin and came across this from Colorado state
university:

"A number of factors can inhibit oxytocin release, among them acute stress.
For example, oxytocin neurons are repressed by catecholamines, which are
released from the adrenal gland in response to many types of stress,
including fright. As a practical endocrine tip - don't wear a gorilla
costume into a milking parlor full of cows or set off firecrackers around a
mother nursing her baby. "

Kind of standard advice I guess.

I'm not going to include a link as there was nothing new to what is alreadt
described in good lactation texts.

Sara Bernard
The Netherlands

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