Jasmine is out shopping without her newborn. She sees another mother nursing her infant and Jasmine 's breasts suddenly fill will milk, although her baby is not there to nurse. What would you tell her is happening?

a. She is having a breast-swelling reflex.
b. She is experiencing a milking reflex.
c. She is experiencing the let-down reflex.
d. She is having a lactation reflex.

C. A let-down reflex in the mother's breasts causes milk to be released to the tip of her nipples whenever she hears the sound of her infant's cry, sees its open mouth, or even thinks about breast-feeding.

Psychology

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