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Dr. Michael Platt

02/17/25

@ Andrew Huberman

Oxytocin is released during childbirth and nursing, playing a crucial role in forming bonds between mothers and their infants, and is also involved in social relationships beyond parental bonds.

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Women often have a hormonal response after childbirth that helps them cope with the pain, allowing them to remember the experience more positively later.