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Let's briefly discuss what hormones would stimulate milk synthesis in mammary glands.
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So lactation is going to be the word that describes the secretion of milk from mammary glands and the period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young.
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So producing milk or lactation is a hallmark of all mammal species.
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This process occurs in all female mammals.
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In humans, we would call it breastfeeding or nursing.
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And the chief function of lactation is to provide nutrition and immune protection to young after birth.
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So in most species, milk will come out of the mother's nipples.
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Like in humans, however, in non -pacental mammals like the platypus, they release milk through ducks in their abdomen.
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So in the fifth or six month of pregnancy, a human woman's breasts are ready to produce.
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Reduce milk.
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And during the latter part of pregnancy, the woman's breast will enter into lactogenesis one stage.
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This is when the breast will make colostrum, which is a thick yellowish fluid, and that is going to be an infant's first food...