Comments on: Bloody fascinating stuff

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:14:08 +0000

Hmm to add to that, the presence of oxytocin somehow also triggers the production of endorphins for pain relief. However, though they have managed to create a synthetic oxytocin that will create uterine contractions, they’re missing the part of the formula that triggers endorphin production. So if you’re pregnant and you get induced with oxytocin, you’re in for a rough ride because you’re not getting as much of the good juice as your body would normally provide.

In my experience, the oxytocin that produced uterine contractions also produced enough endorphins to give me the best damn bloody high I’ve ever experienced and probably ever will experience. But as for nursing – nope, never felt even the slightest bit orgasmic in the 18+ months I was bf’ing the little dude; and nursing didn’t really help my PPD either. Shame, really.

YMMV.

By: Cat

Cat — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:18:56 +0000

Oh, also, nursing can also help women with PPD because the love hormone makes women feel better.

Right. I’ll stop now. :-)

By: Cat

Cat — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:13:48 +0000

It’s also the love hormone and helps mums and babies bond – another benefit of nursing. And, along with the uterine contractions, it can help clear the uterus of any additional clots or pieces of tissue left over from the birth … like what happened to me during Iain’s four week growth spurt (i.e. endless nursing) – I passed a huge mofo of a clot that could have gone septic had it stayed. Cool, eh?

Ya, I’m weird to. ;-P

By: donna

donna — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:08:25 +0000

It drives Nick nuts when I start doing that. I liken it to a psych student diagnosing all their friends mental illnesses. But that’s silly, he’s obviously suffering from a hormone deficiency. He wouldn’t think such things otherwise. :D

By: J1

J1 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:05:09 +0000

From what I understand of my friend in med school, they all diagnose each other (and themselves) with the diseases and such as they learn them. Heh.

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:05:53 +0000

Possibly, oxytocin is thought to have something to do with orgasms, too. But sadly, it’s a pretty basic class (3 hours for each topic isn’t a lot) so we don’t get to go into too much detail.

I will continue to be fascinated and amused by the fact that I understand about half of what wikipedia is talking about these days. :D

By: gillian

gillian — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:36:46 +0000

I read something once about how some mothers experience orgasm when nursing, but the article also said something about how people were really grossed out by that and wouldn’t discuss it. I guess it’s related to this stuff you’re learning?

-Only took one bio course, think I learned about photosynthesis