First things first: Pitocin is not oxytocin. Oxytocin is the “love hormone” generated in labor that primarily contracts the uterus, but as a brain-based hormone its influence spans the body. It’s very active in the birth giver’s brain, and plays a role in protecting certain receptors in the baby’s brain, too.Pitocin is a synthetic formContinue reading “Pitocin & Postpartum Depression/Anxiety”
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