Tell Me About... birth hormones

A little video from my Facebook channel all about some of the key hormones of labour and birth, including oxytocin, adrenalin, cortisol and melatonin.

It's really important to understand how your hormones work in labour - because labour and birth are completely controlled by your hormones, from the start of labour right through to holding baby in your arms.

It’s a delicate balance, that’s been there to protect us and our young through many thousands of years. It’s important to know how you can help or hinder the process of birth by enabling your hormones to work freely and effective as they were designed to (and how reducing fear, worry and stress is SO important in birth because of the hormonal effect it has).

Please of course let me know any questions, and what other little videos you'd like me to record for you Susan x .