074 All about Oxytocin--the hormone and the medication

Liz and Shaina discuss all the ways that oxytocin affects your labor. How do you encourage your natural oxytocin? What necessitates synthetic oxytocin (pitocin) to be used in labor? Take a listen to this episode and you'll learn all the things. We invite you to email us, DM us on instagram, or find some other way to contact us and tell us your thoughts. For more information about us, our birth education businesses, and the classes we teach, visit our websites and instagram profiles: Shaina--virtual or in person birth and breastfeeding classes, lactation consults in LA Email: [email protected] ⁠instagram.com/preparented⁠ ⁠www.preparented.com⁠ Liz--virtual and in person birth and c-section classes in LA/Santa Monica Email: [email protected] ⁠instagram.com/birthnurseliz⁠ ⁠www.birthandbeyond.net⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebirthnurses/support