Question

Which hormone is known as ‘birth hormone'?

Answer 1

Hint: Birth hormones are chemical "messengers" that are produced by the body. The child develops birth hormones, too. These hormones work together to guide major changes in the body, changes for both the child and mother that help make labour and birth go smoothly and securely.

Complete answer:
Oxytocin is also referred to as the "love hormone" because it is involved in lovemaking, fertility, labour and birth contractions and the release of milk during breastfeeding. It makes one feel healthy, and it activates emotions and behaviours that are nurturing. In pregnancy, receptor cells that allow the body to react to oxytocin gradually increase and then increase a lot during labour. Oxytocin causes intense contractions that help the cervix thin and open (dilate), move the baby down and out of the canal of birth, force the placenta out, and reduce bleeding at the placenta site. The baby's pressure against the cervix, and then against tissues in the pelvic floor, induces oxytocin and contractions throughout labour and birth. So does neonatal breastfeeding.
During labour and birth, low levels of oxytocin can cause problems-
> Causing contractions to pause or slow down and taking longer to do labour.
> The consequence is excessive bleeding at the site of the placenta following birth.
> To respond to these issues with therapies, leading health care providers.
Oxytocin can be promoted-
> Staying calm, optimistic and relaxed.
> Avoiding unrest, such as unwelcome individuals or noise and uncomfortable procedures.
> Keep upright and use gravity so that your infant is pushed against your cervix and then against the tissues of your pelvic floor as the baby is born.

Note: If we have an oxytocin deficiency, we won't feel as close to others or feel as good about ourselves. The absence of oxytocin in the brain's amygdala (where social memory is stored) can create anxiety and fear. Cortisol and oxytocin are opposed to each other, as one walks up the other walks down.