Oxytocin also causes labor contractions during childbirth and pleasure
contractions during orgasm.
Not exact matches
Orgasms promote the release of oxytocin and can therefore stimulate uterine
contractions during late pregnancy.
There are only three events in your life that trigger oxytocin release: nipple stimulation (like when I'm breastfeeding), labor (the oxytocin released
during childbirth stimulates uterine
contractions, which is why nipple stimulation might be suggested when labor stalls, and also explains why sometimes, after you breastfeed me, you feel an increased expulsion of lochia and maybe some cramping), and...
orgasm!!
In humans, oxytocin stimulates milk ejection
during lactation, uterine
contraction during birth, and is released
during sexual
orgasm in both men and women.
«An
orgasm is a physical reflex that occurs when muscles tighten
during sexual arousal and then relax through a series of rhythmic
contractions,» says gynecologist Dr. Sherry Ross, MD..
«These
contractions are what most men associate with a primary source of pleasure
during orgasm,» says Dr. Spitz.
«It could cause the whole uterus to contract
during an
orgasm — there can be massive
contractions in the whole area,» she adds.