Nipples and Your Hands
November 3, 2008
Friend: “Hey, wifey is in labor. Gosh, I feel so helpless just standing in there watching her grimace in pain!”
Me: “Oh, of course you can do something.”
Friend: “What?”
Me: “Stimulate her nipples.”
Friend: “Oh c’mon, I’m serious, and I’m nervous. Don’t be such an a**!”
OF COURSE, I’M NOT AN A**.
When a woman is in labor, it is advised that her nipples be stimulated.
Stimulation of the nipples sends signals to the brain that induce the release of oxytocin — a hormone that then stimulates the uterus to contract, helping expel the fetus out of the womb.
(This is also the same mechanism that stimulates the uterus to contract when a woman breastfeeds her child [hudband even] after childbirth, hastening the return of the uterus to its pre-pregnant state.)
Oxytocin (Pitocin) is the same hormone/drug that is injected into a pregnant woman to induce labor and to hasten uterine contraction.
Ask your doctor about it.
Men, don’t just stand in there. Do something… this time you have a perfect excuse to do it.
Ladies, now, don’t you wish you were pregnant?
