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University of Otago - Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka 7 months ago

An Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka study has found that prolactin helps to regulate body temperature while pregnant 🤰 This finding not only furthers understanding of the body's functions during pregnancy, but could have implications for how mammals adapt to thermal changes in the future. Read more here:

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Helpful hormone – prolactin helps mothers keep cool during pregnancy It supports milk production and stimulates caregiving behaviour in mothers, now a University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka study has found prolactin also regulates body temperature during pregnancy. https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroom/helpful-hormone-prolactin-helps-mothers-keep-cool-during-pregnancy