“…Both love and oxytocin offer promise for interventions that can benefit human health [ [5] , [7] ], including improving the birth experience for mother and child [ 6 ], encouraging lactation, facilitating a healthy physiology, and protecting neonates against adversities [ 11 ]. However, the specific factors regulating the oxytocin pathways [ 4 ] and the physiological benefits of oxytocin, including its role as an anti-inflammatory/anti-oxidant [ 3 ] are only now being recognized.…”