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Subject:
Oxytocin and love
From:
Susan Scheele <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Thu, 14 Mar 2002 11:30:03 -0500
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Hello everyone,

I am Susan Scheele, mother of three, LLLL, childbirth educator, and 2002
IBCLE candidate.  I also direct a bf program in a community health
center in the Boston area.

Thank you for all of the wonderful practical information Lactnet has
provided me thus far.

I have for years been intrigued with the effects of the "LOVE" hormone,
oxytocin on laboring women, breastfeeding, mothering, and intimacy.

The reference for that study is:  Taylor, S.E., Klein L.C., Lewis B.P.,
Gruenwald T.L., Gurung R.A.R., and Opdegraff, J.A. (2000)  Female
responses to stress: Tend-and befriend not fight-or flight.
Psychological Review, vol 107, no. 3, 411-429

To view an abstract of the UCLA study go to:
        http://mentalhealth.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.apa.
org/journals/rev/700ab.html%231

Susan Scheele

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