Oxytocin is a shy hormone….

Oxytocin needs to feel comfortable before being released. Since it is the love hormone this makes sense. When we are feeling in love we feel safe. Love is not something that is easy to feel when we are in danger.  

Oxytocin is a fussy hormone. Everything needs to be just right for this hormone to want to make an entrance. The more comfortable the environment and the more relaxed the labouring woman, the more her oxytocin will be able to flow.

A sense of s...
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Angela Wakeford is a midwife working in Cape Town with Birth Options. Click the link below to read the article about her.

Interview with Angela Wakeford
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