Prolactin levels steadily increase during pregnancy and remain elevated postpartum in people who are breastfeeding. The levels typically return to normal within 2–3 weeks after birth in ...

If you deliver a baby but decide not to breastfeed, your prolactin will typically fall within 2 weeks to its level before your pregnancy. If your value falls outside the normal range, this doesn ...

When you are done breastfeeding, your prolactin levels return to normal. Other than during pregnancy and breastfeeding, prolactin levels should be low for everyone. Elevated prolactin levels ...

Prolactin is a hormone produced by the pituitary gland. High levels can affect sexual and reproductive health. They may result from medication use, health conditions, or prolactinomas. Prolactin ...

Hyperprolactinemia can make it difficult for a woman to get pregnant. High prolactin levels can interrupt the normal production of the hormones estrogen and progesterone. This can cause the ...

Prolactin levels were higher in ROP than in control patients before (106.2 ± 11.3 (SEM) vs. 64.7 ± 4.9 ng/ml, postnatal week 1) and during (120.6 ± 10 vs. 84.7 ± 7.5ng/ml ...

The main, normal function of prolactin is during and after pregnancy. During pregnancy, the prolactin secretion increases and stimulates growth of the breast, but high levels of Estrogen and ...

Men with levels of prolactin that were lower than average, although still within the normal range, were more likely than men with higher levels to say their sexual function was getting worse ...

Transgender women on a long-term regimen of estrogen and spironolactone therapy did not experience a clinically relevant change in prolactin level ... analyzed chart data from 98 transgender ...