Oxitocin - my drug of choice

I know now why my baby and I are happily waking up several times a night for a feed. Oxitocin is released in enormous amounts right after a natural birth, making falling in love with your baby possible. More oxitocin is released every time you feed your baby too, both in mother and baby. Oxitocin attaches to the same feel-good places in the brain as cannabis, it gives you a natural high. So to people who feel sorry for me for still having to wake up to feed my almost one-year old: Get off my back, I'm simply feeding my addiction!

Thanks for a wonderful conference weekend, especially Sue Cox's talk and workshop was memorable.