When not being a parenting hormone or night-releasing reproductive 
organ maintaining hormone, prolactin is a stress hormone. The link to 
cancer from chronic (non-bf) elevations makes sense. 

Non-responsive parenting (more-often but not necessarily associated 
with formula feeding than bf) leads to infant stress and causes 
permanent organization of neurons and hormone receptors toward 
increased stress hormone responses throughout life. The studies are 
performed mostly with cortisol but prolactin and other stress hormone 
releases are certainly part of the scenario. Chronic stress hormone 
elevations are linked to heart disease as well as cancer and other 
illnesses.

linda
author "Baby Matters"

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