Two hormones essential to effective breast-feeding are prolactin and ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
oxytocin
Prolactin causes the mammary glands to produce milk, and oxytocin stimulates the ejection of milk from the mammary gland ducts.
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