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What triggers labor and milk release during birth?

Labor is triggered by the hormone called oxytocin and prostaglandin. release of milk is triggered by the hormone prolactin.


What hormone stimulates labor?

oxytocin


What is the medical term meaning a hormone that stimulates contraction of the uterus during labor?

The medical term for a hormone that stimulates contraction of the uterus during labor is oxytocin.


What hormone is responsible for starting labor in a pregnant woman?

Estrogen


Is a hormone that allows for milk expulsion and the onset of labor?

Prolactin


What hormone is given to a pregnant woman to make her go into labor?

Estrogen


Which hormone literally means swift birth and initiates labor?

Oxytocin


Is pitocin is a hormon?

Pitocin is a hormone, which is used in the labor to augment or speed up the labor process.


What drugs induce labor?

Pitocin, a manmade version of oxytocin, the hormone your body makes naturally to go into labor.


What hormone prevents uterus from initiating labor before the designated delivery time?

The hormone levels are one factor. Estrogen increases contractility of the uterus while progesterone inhibits it. Throughout pregnancy, progesterone levels are high, but just before labor, they fall relative to estrogen levels and contractions start. Another hormone called oxytocin also induces labor. The number of oxytocin receptors increases as pregnancy progresses, and hormone levels rise at labor causing the uterus to contract and begin labor. The uterus also has stretch receptors and will not start contracting unless stretched to a certain degree.


What hormone induces labor?

oxytocin and prostaglandin (oxitocin sends positive feedback to prostaglandin)


Hormone are essential to initiate labor in human?

Yes, oxytocin being the primary culprit.