Do you know that...? Prolactin promotes breast milk production, and o…

Do you know that...? Prolactin promotes breast milk production, and oxytocin facilitates milk ejection. Prolactin and oxytocin work in tandem. It's obvious: prolactin stimulated lactocytes, milk formed, now it's oxytocin's turn – milk should be released from the breasts. The negative pressure created in the baby's mouth during sucking and suckling movements of the baby's tongue is not enough to extract milk from the complex system of extremely thin ducts. This will be hindered by surface tension forces. Therefore, the breast itself helps the baby get milk. When the baby sucks on the breast, sensory impulses from the nipple enter the mother's brain. In response, the posterior lobe of the pituitary