Contents:
- Medical Video: Breastfeeding Position and Latch
- What happens to the mother's body when breastfeeding her baby?
- How does the hormone oxytocin make you more sensitive to baby crying?
- Need support and understanding during breastfeeding
Medical Video: Breastfeeding Position and Latch
Research from New York University found that breastfeeding mothers are more sensitive to the crying of their babies. Some other claims also say, if the mother is more responsive and responds quickly to crying baby at night. This is inversely proportional to the fathers who claim to not hear a baby's cries while sleeping, even though they are in the same room as the mother and baby.
So is it true that a nursing mother will be more sensitive to the sound of crying from her baby?
What happens to the mother's body when breastfeeding her baby?
Robert Froemke is a study researcher at NYU School of Medicine explained, a mother who has just given birth and breastfeed will release more oxytocin. The oxytocin hormone is also named "hug hormone".
Why is it called hormone hug? When a nursing mother, the hormone oxytocin in the mother's body will come out. The position of the nursing mother also while holding and hugging her child. So it's not surprising that when oxytocin is released in the body, the sensitivity and sensitivity of the mother is even greater for the baby.
Actually this study was tested first in rat animals. Look, mice that have never given birth will be given the hormone oxytocin first. After that, the mice began to react by hearing different cries. Even in one case, the mice that had never given birth had also taken and kept another baby mouse in the nest.
Researchers also concluded that the hormone oxytocin released is actually changing the auditory signals that are processed by the rat brain. As a result of these hormones, the senses of mice become more sensitive to the sound of crying like a mother.
It has been known before that the hormone oxytocin levels will be produced a lot during lactation, and the effect can also strengthen the bond between mother and baby. But, researchers still don't know how the brain stimulates the hormone oxytocin and sensitivity to baby's crying.
How does the hormone oxytocin make you more sensitive to baby crying?
Robert Liu, a neurologist atEmory University who were not involved in the above research, also said it made sense that the hormone oxytocin had a certain human effect. The reason, Robert Liu also admitted that his wife could wake up to hear her baby crying, while he claimed not to hear any sound.
Robert concluded, something happened in the human auditory cortex and oxytocin receptors in the brain.This finding also results in a better understanding of how oxytocin and other hormones are used to treat behavioral problems due to illness or trauma to the brain.
Need support and understanding during breastfeeding
It is also important for husbands or fathers to support and help a mother to overcome the challenges associated with breastfeeding and babysitting. At certain times, understanding and support of loved ones is very meaningful to foster positive interactions related to the relationship between mother and baby.
