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Mother love
Most mothers are exhilarated, although exhausted, after the delivery of a baby and feel great love for the child. Some mothers, however, find that they feel nothing towards their babies. We now know that mother love, put very simply, is a response to hormones. There are certain hormones produced in the brain almost immediately after delivery,namely oxytocin or prolactin, which trigger off lactation and are also responsible for maternal feelings. Different women have different emotional responses to these hormones and may find that their love for their babies lags behind.
A mother's feelings for her baby can also be affected by other factors, like the actual delivery and her own expectations of the birth and the baby. It's not uncommon for the baby's arrival to be something of an anti-climax. Even if it is short and perfectly normal, labour is a very dramatic event and it is a hard act to follow. Conversely, if the labour has been very hard and long, and if drugs have been used, the mother may be too tired and numbed to feel great love for her child. Also, she may have unrealistic expectations of her response to her newborn baby. She may, for instance, expect to recognize him instantly as her own flesh and blood, and to look physically similar to herself and her partner - this very rarely happens and unless it is realized as a possibility it could cause problems.
Most women, however, find that their love grows gradually over the 48 or 72 hours after their babies' births until on the third day they feel a palpable love for their new babies. But don't be surprised if it takes two weeks - it's not that rare.
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