Oxytocin: Finding the Love of Birth
Author // Sarah Buckley, M.D. Perhaps the best-known birth hormone is oxytocin, the hormone of love, which is secreted during sexual activity, male and female orgasm, birth, and breastfeeding. Oxytocin engenders feelings of love and altruism; as Michel Odent says, “Whatever the facet of love we consider, oxytocin is involved.” Oxytocin is made in the …
