Hormones-Breastfeeding

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Where is prolactin secreted from?
Anterior pituitary gland
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When do the receptor sites of the lactocytes (acini cells) open?
Following the delivery of the placenta
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What happens to the receptor cells on the lactocytes if breastfeeding isn't initiated within the first few hours after birth?
Aren't primed thus begin to deteriorate and shut down
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Higher prolactin levels results in ...
an increase of milk production
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Which hormone is known as the milk making hormone?
Prolactin
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Prolactin levels are higher during which hours?
2am-6am
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When does milk volume generally increase after birth?
48-96 hours
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How does prolactin reach the receptor cells?
Via the bloodstream
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What does NOT cause prolactin levels to rise?
Separation from baby
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What causes prolactin levels to rise?
Demand from baby
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Where is oxytocin released from?
Posterior pituitary gland
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What can inhibit oxytocin?
Stress and fear
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What is known as the love hormone?
Oxytocin
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What is known as the mothering hormone
Prolactin
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What does oxytocin stimulate?
contractions of the myopithelial cells surrounding the alveoli
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What does a let down reflex cause?
Milk moves down the alveoli through the lactiferous ducts to the ****** openings
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What does stimulating contractions of the mypeithelial cells cause?
A let down reflex (milk ejection reflex)
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What is Feedback Inhibitor of Lactation (FIL)?
A protein in breastmilk
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What is it called when breastmilk in controlled by hormones in the breast?
Autocrine control
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What is the role of FIL?
Reduce of inhibit milk production in one affected breast
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Responsive feeding does NOT ...
Cause postnatal depression
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Define engorgement.
There is an overfill of milk in the breasts causing pain
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FIL provides long term control and regulation of what supply?
Milk
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What prevents the build up of FIL?
effective expressing
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What allows FIL to to accumulate and thus slow down milk production?
Infrequent, restricted or scheduled feeding
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Interruptions to eastablishing breastfeeding can have a negative effect on what>
Long term milk supply
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Which is the autocrine control dependent on?
Baby's ability to breastfeed effectively as removal of is key to long-term maintenance and supply of lactation
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What does the endocrine control drive?
Early stages of lactation and is important for the establishment of an ongoing potential for milk
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