Thanks Ann.  BTW for those still to open them, the links were identical, but 
it's easy enough to search for the oxytocin article.

A glaring question - were the mothers breastfeeding?  It seems intuitive 
that fathers have some oxytocin.  Hard to believe that a non-lactating male 
(or female) would produce the as much oxytocin as a lactating mother. 
Interesting thought!

Can anyone on Lactnet access the original article in Biol Psychiatry. 
2010;68:377-382.?   I'm wondering how poor parents are to fit in all the 
"straight after childbirth time" they are being urged to have.

'This finding "emphasizes the importance of providing opportunities for 
father-infant interactions immediately after childbirth in order to trigger 
the neuro-hormonal system that underlies bond formation in humans," said 
corresponding author Ruth Feldman, PhD, from Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 
Israel, in a release.'

I agree, of course, but it seems to me that birthing then has to be done in 
a family centred setting without all the medical stuff and measuring that 
goes on that has in the past hindered early mother-child contact.  Will this 
research be used to keep mothers away from their babies yet again?

Jacquie Nutt IBCLC
South Africa


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ann Calandro" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 2:15 PM
Subject: Two New Articles- Breast Cancer and Oxytocin


I read two new articles on MEDSCAPE OB/GYN this morning.
Thought I would share them.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/727520?src=mpnews&spon=16&uac=15010BT
Breast cancer less in South America than in US, more breastfeeding there...

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/727520?src=mpnews&spon=16&uac=15010BT
Oxytocin levels in mothers and fathers article.


 

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