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This female hormone, stored in the posterior pituitary gland, stimulates the contractions of the uterus during childbirth. What is this hormone?
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This female hormone, stored in the posterior pituitary gland, stimulates the contractions of the uterus during childbirth. What is this hormone?

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Oxytocin causes contractions during pregnancy, it also is the reason why mothers feel "motherly" towards their children after childbirth as there are high levels on oxytocin in the mother's blood.

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