The nurse is reviewing the process of breast milk production with a new mother.Which hormone should the nurse explain stimulates the release of milk from the breast of a nursing mother?

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The sucking of the infant on the nipple stimulates the release of oxytocin from the posterior pituitary gland,which in turn stimulates the release of milk as well as contraction of the uterine muscle.A.Prolactin promotes milk production,not release.D.FSH initiates development of ovarian follicles and stimulates estrogen secretion.C.LH causes ovulation,converts a ruptured ovarian follicle into the corpus luteum,and stimulates secretion of progesterone by the corpus luteum.

The Nurse Is Reviewing the Process of Breast Milk Production