After having attended Marshal Klaus's lecture on infant attachment at
ILCA, I would say that there seems to be evidence to support the thought
that gastric juices are stimulated by suckling in both mother and baby.
Marshall shared that the villi of the intestine are stimulated and
actually elongate during breastfeeding, increasing the overall surface
available for absorption of nutrients. He noted that "many GI hormones
are released during suckling....".  Extrapolating from there, it would
make sense that some mothers may be extra sensitive to this, or that some
mothers perhaps experience and extra strong release of these?
-Lisa

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Lisa A. Marasco, IBCLC                                /  [log in to unmask]
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant    /  [log in to unmask]

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