Breastfeeding babies triggers a surge of ‘trust’ hormone in mothers

BABIES who are breastfeeding trigger a surge of a “trust” hormone in their mothers’ brains, scientists said.

Researchers have for the first time been able to show exactly how a baby feeding from its mother’s breast causes a wave of the hormone oxytocin to be released.

The hormone has long been known to cause milk to be let down from the mammary glands, but it is also involved in the enhancement of trust and love in humans and animals.