What triggers the release of oxytocin?

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asked Nov 19, 2020 in Other- Health by EvaWu (600 points)
What triggers the release of oxytocin?

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answered Nov 19, 2020 by k89nuela (1,020 points)
The triggers that release Oxytocin in your body are hugs, kisses, kissing and sexual Intimacy as well as when a baby is breastfeeding and sucking on the mothers breasts.

The oxytocin helps to get the milk flowing from the mothers breasts.

Any type of sexual activity can release the oxytocin in your body.

When you've been injected with Oxytocin which my sister has when she gave birth she said the Oxytocin gave her a warm and fuzzy feeling.

And also her stress and anxiety was lowered after being injected with Oxytocin and she said it made the childbirth seem so easy when compared to her first childbirth without the Oxytocin.

Oxytocin is called the love drug because Oxytocin increases the levels of hormones in your body which also happens when you're sexually excited and in love with someone.

Oxytocin is a hormone and a neurotransmitter that is involved in childbirth and breast-feeding.

It is also associated with empathy, trust, sexual activity, and relationship-building.

It is sometimes referred to as the “love hormone,” because levels of oxytocin increase during hugging and orgasm.

Oxytocin is most commonly used to reduce bleeding after childbirth and to begin or improve contractions during labor.

The Oxytocin can be given to the woman before childbirth to help with the childbirth or it may also be given to the woman after her childbirth to reduce any bleeding.

Oxytocin is given through an injection and is also sometimes used along with other medications or procedures to end a pregnancy.

The Oxytocin medicine is in a class of medicines called oxytocic hormones.

Oxytocin is a medicine that is sometimes used in hospitals to induce labor or strengthen uterine contractions, or to control bleeding after childbirth.

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