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• They Say: Moms Shut Down Infant Brains During Birth (It's a Good Thing)

  Ah, oxytocin, how we love you. Or how you make us love others. Or something. But that's not all. Oxytocin, the hormone associated with social relationships, including maternal-infant bonding, lust, and trust, now has a different kind of role to add to its resume: Read More... Posted Oct 07 2008, 01:17 PM by Miriam Axel-Lute with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: birth, hormones, bonding, oxytocin, brains, c-sections, oxygen, medical research, neurological development

• Do Some Moms Love More Than Others?

  You know how the love your feel for your child, especially the newborns, is inexplicable, other-worldly, spiritual, so incredibly unfamiliar that you catch yourself describing it as “magical”? Well, get over yourself. That love is chemical, plain and simple. At least that’s what scientists concluded from this study on oxytocin “the hormone of love” and the mother-child bond. Oh, great. They have not only taken the mystery out of love, they’ve quantified it. No I love you more! No I love you more! Quit arguing and submit blood samples! Read More... Posted Oct 16 2007, 07:52 AM by Madeline Holler with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: research study, hormones, Madeline Holler, bonding, oxytocin