<< If a woman is given an epidural, no oxytocin is released in the brain
and
no
 maternal behavior results.>>
How do we know this?  Are we talking with a vag delivery?  There would
still be a second stage, even if the Mom doesn't feel it.  Do we have
some references?

Summer is coming.  Baby owls sit in the branches of our trees at
twilight. Rebecca Garcia, RNC, IBCLC Oregon, USA

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