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Do breast pumping and nipple stimulating really work to help you go in labor?
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Contractions: Nipple stimulation can elicit release of Pitocin (oxytocin) which will cause the uterus to contract but is not likely to be a direct cause of labor.
Answered 6/30/2014
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