Kathleen has asked if oxytocin nasal spray is available in the US. While  the 
brand called Syntocinon is no longer available, compounding pharmacies can  
easily make oxytocin nasal spray, usually in a dose of 40-50 units/ml. It can 
be  expensive. One of the exhibitors at the ILCA conference last summer (Med  
Specialities Compounding Pharmacy at
 877 373-2272) compounds oxytocin nasal spray (as well as all  purpose nipple 
ointment, gentian violet, Domperidone, etc). 
 
Also on another note, the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition has a brand  
new parent handout available on the importance of skin-to-skin contact called, 
 It's My Birthday--Give Me a Hug." You can download the document free of 
charge  from the coalition's website at
_www.massbfc.org_ (http://www.massbfc.org) .
 
Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
Weston, MA

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