{"id":14518,"date":"2015-06-09T16:28:47","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T06:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/?p=14518"},"modified":"2022-10-18T15:30:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T05:30:16","slug":"cat-mothers-ducklings-thanks-to-the-love-hormone-oxytocin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/cat-mothers-ducklings-thanks-to-the-love-hormone-oxytocin\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat Mothers Ducklings thanks to the Love Hormone &#8211; Oxytocin!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This video is just incredible!<\/p>\n<p>See the power of the &#8216;love hormone&#8217; oxytocin at work, in this video which shows a\u00a0mother cat bonding with newborn ducklings.<\/p>\n<p>It gives you a little inkling of just how powerful that huge release of natural oxytocin (that mothers\u00a0are designed to release in the greatest quantities at the time of birth) can actually be! 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