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- Title
The influence of the frequency of nursing and of previous lactation experience on serum prolactin in lactating mothers.
- Authors
Delvoye, P.; Demaegd, M.; Delogne-Desnoeck, J.; Robyn, C.
- Abstract
Serum prolactin has been measured in single blood samples collected within the first 22 post-partum months from 97 nursing mothers from an urban area (Bukavu) of Zaïre. Nursing mothers are hyperprolactinemic, higher serum prolactin levels being associated with more frequent suckling episodes per day. Furthermore, serum prolactin declines rapidly in mothers who are giving the breast less than four times per day: the levels are within the normal range found in non-lactating women after the 6th post-partum month. Among mothers giving the breast more than six times per day, serum prolactin does not decline significantly during the 1st post-partum year.Previous lactation experiences do not facilitate the effect of nursing on prolactin secretion during subsequent lactations.
- Subjects
BUKAVU (Congo); CONGO (Democratic Republic); NURSING; LACTATION; PROLACTIN; MOTHERS; BLOOD testing; ETIOLOGY of diseases; ANOVULATION; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; BREASTFEEDING; ORAL habits; TIME; PARITY (Obstetrics)
- Publication
Journal of Biosocial Science, 1977, Vol 9, Issue 4, p447
- ISSN
0021-9320
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1017/S0021932000011287