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. 2015;24(3):154-9.
doi: 10.1891/1058-1243.24.3.154.

A Childbirth Educator's Commentary on Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies, and Maternity Care

Debby Amis

A Childbirth Educator's Commentary on Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies, and Maternity Care

Debby Amis. J Perinat Educ. 2015.

Abstract

Sarah Buckley's game-changing report, Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies, and Maternity Care, provides the evidence that supporting, promoting, and protecting the normal physiology of childbirth produces the best outcomes for mothers and babies. In this article, a childbirth educator recommends key points from Buckley's report that should be included in Lamaze childbirth education classes.

Keywords: catecholamines; endorphins; hormonal physiology; oxytocin; prolactin.

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