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PROLACTIN, FLUID BALANCE AND LACTATION
Author(s) -
Dearlove J. C.,
Dearlove B. M.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01225.x
Subject(s) - lactation , prolactin , balance (ability) , medicine , endocrinology , pregnancy , biology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , hormone , genetics
Summary The hypothesis that prolactin may play a part in osmoregulation was investigated by giving a hypotonic fluid load to two groups of normal lactating women. No changes in serum prolactin, milk yield, serum or breast milk osmolality were noted, suggesting that encouraging women to drink excessively has no effect upon lacta‐tion, either in terms of yield or composition of milk.