Let-Down Reflex Explained: How Breast Milk Starts to Flow and What to Expect

Let-Down Reflex Explained: How Breast Milk Starts to Flow and What to Expect

The let-down reflex, also called the milk ejection reflex, is a natural process where your body releases stored milk from the alveoli in your breasts through the milk ducts to your baby. It’s triggered by the hormone oxytocin, released in response to nipple stimulation or even baby cues like crying or touch.

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Understanding Caesarean Birth: Caeserean Awareness Month

Understanding Caesarean Birth: Caeserean Awareness Month

April marks Caesarean Awareness Month — a time to recognise, inform, and empower parents who birth their babies abdominally. At The Bubba & Me Club, we’re committed to inclusive education that supports every kind of birth journey, including Caesarean births, which account for roughly 1 in 4 births in the UK.

Whether planned or performed in an emergency, Caesarean birth is birth — and it deserves to be met with respect, knowledge, and care.

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