Dysphoric milk ejection reflex to nipple/areolar stimulation, thoughts of the baby or of breastfeeding, or overfull breasts, travels through both brain and bloodstream, causing emotional changes in the brain and the release of milk in the breast. Prolactin, released in a gradual wave that peaks after the beginning of a feeding, is responsible for continued milk production. Dopamine inhibits the release of prolactin, so dopamine levels must drop in order for prolactin levels to rise. Some speculate that the necessary dopamine drop is similar to (and timed with) the oxytocin spike – a sort of negative image – but that in D-MER mothers it
Birthing chair fours, kneeling and sitting, and are used as supports not necessarily as chairs or stools. Research suggests that being upright during labour can have many positive benefits for mother and baby. Using a modern-day birthing chair/stool/support can aid a woman in having an upright birth. Line 1 from 1.1 to 1.10 photographs show mother alone on birth-chair (with bowl beneath seat opening to catch amniotic fluid) and with support from partner respectively and photograph 5.5 shows a wooden birthing chair with foot supports. Birthing chair A birthing chair, also known as a birth chair, is a device that is shaped