Mother-baby bonding repeated through the generations

By Harriet Alexander
Updated October 3 2014 - 5:08pm, first published October 2 2014 - 7:12pm
Women with low oxytocin levels are likely to have difficulty bonding with their babies.
Women with low oxytocin levels are likely to have difficulty bonding with their babies.
Women with low oxytocin levels are likely to have difficulty bonding with their babies.
Women with low oxytocin levels are likely to have difficulty bonding with their babies.
Women with low oxytocin levels are likely to have difficulty bonding with their babies.
Women with low oxytocin levels are likely to have difficulty bonding with their babies.

Women with troubled maternal relationships have lower levels of the hormone oxytocin and are more likely to experience difficulty bonding with their own babies, a UNSW study has found.

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