Ep. 122- Hacking Your Letdown

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Show Notes:

Join the us today as Maureen and Heather decode the breastmilk “letdown”. Learn more about how the milk ejection reflex works and how we can use knowledge about physiology to our advantage! We can be smarter than our boobs, right? Learn to hack the letdown, only on the Milk Minute.

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Ep. 3: Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex (D-MER)
Ep 13: Breastmilk Storage Options
Ep. 63- The Badass Working Mom Behind Ceres Chill: interview with inventor Lisa Myers, Breastmilk Storage Guidelines, and more
Ep. 77- Milk Storage Guidelines: A closer look

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Sources:

Milk Ejection – an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

Milk Ejection Reflex – Physiology – YouTube

The physiological basis of breastfeeding – Infant and Young Child Feeding – NCBI Bookshelf (nih.gov)

Let-down reflex (milk ejection reflex) | Australian Breastfeeding Association

Oxytocin | You and Your Hormones from the Society for Endocrinology

The neurochemistry and social flow of singing: bonding and oxytocin – PMC (nih.gov)

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