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You see a prolactin spike right after breastfeeding. So if you think about it, often when you have an infant, you'll breastfeed, put the infant to bed, and then immediately go to bed with your partner, which is not particularly conducive. It's almost like trying to have intercourse back to back. And it's very difficult.
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And it's really interesting because when in our lives is prolactin highed, breastfeeding, postpartum and so women can find this very validating. But from a biologic perspective, we know that pregnancies spaced 18 months apart. That's the ACOG or American College of Obetrics and Gynecology, they recommend 18 months between pregnancies because that second pregnancy will be healthier, the baby will be bigger, it it's more likely to make it to term. So, we know that spacing pregnancies is healthy. And so, having a high prolactin postpartum and keeping you from being interested in sexual intercourse is your body's natural way of spacing out pregnancies for the better.