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11 Dec 2013, 5:24 pm

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Hmmm. I had to have an oxytocin drip in order to deliver both of my children. Since I knew that oxytocin also promotes bonding between parent and child, I always wondered if my inability to produce enough of it naturally was caused by (or was a cause of) autism. I'm glad to see that someone is looking into that idea.


I was wondering the same thing. I don't have a very strong bond with anyone in my family--children included.


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11 Dec 2013, 9:01 pm

Has anyone here breastfed?

I have. During the span of time I breastfed, I had a significantly higher ability to touch people and was (in retrospect) less socially anxious. My world came crashing down when I weaned and I had two kids that I didn't seem cognitively or sensorially prepared to deal with. (I'm not giving up, don't worry.)

There may be many reasons for this effect. One of which may be the increased oxytocin my body enjoyed during this time.


I did not require drugs for labor. In fact, one was born after just over 1 hour of labor (I have a connective tissue disorder that I have always blamed for that).



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28 Dec 2013, 9:59 pm

screen_name wrote:
Has anyone here breastfed?

I have. During the span of time I breastfed, I had a significantly higher ability to touch people and was (in retrospect) less socially anxious. My world came crashing down when I weaned and I had two kids that I didn't seem cognitively or sensorially prepared to deal with. (I'm not giving up, don't worry.)

There may be many reasons for this effect. One of which may be the increased oxytocin my body enjoyed during this time.


I did -- I nursed my daughter for 3 years, and during that time, particularly during the intense period where she was nursing often for nutrition, I definitely noticed a diminishment of my autistic symptoms, particularly my sensory problems. They weren't gone, but they were easier to deal with. After she weaned, those problems are back and much more difficult to deal with.