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Ever feel like your breast has ether(sp)
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63966.5 in response to 63966.4
LOL - I love always having "knock-out drops" handy :)
Trivia time :) (can't resist it!)
CCK (cholecystokinin) is the hormone responsible for gall bladder contraction and is also one of the hormones released during breastfeeding - it induces sleepiness!
From the link below:
"When the researchers measured CCK levels in babies’ blood, they found a peak at the end of a nursing, then a DROP almost back to baseline about 10-15 minutes after the end of the nursing, and finally a rise to even higher levels 30 and 60 minutes after the end of the feed. Their interpretation of these findings was that the first peak was a sucking-induced CCK peak, and the steady rise later was a food-induced CCK rise. So the baby nurses, gets sleepy from sucking, lets go and naps a bit, then wakes again to nurse some more until the food he is digesting induces the second and longer-lasting CCK rise.
"This interpretation is also great for parents, because it explains why their baby nurses, falls asleep, and then wakes up just after they lay her down."
More here: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind9702B&L=lactnet&P=R1203
