Oxytocin, sometimes referred to as the "love hormone'

 Oxytocin, sometimes referred to as the "love hormone",^[19] is released in both sexes during sexual intercourse when an orgasm is achieved.^[20] Oxytocin has been suggested as critical to the thoughts and behaviors required to maintain close relationships.^{[19][20][verification needed]} The hormone is also released in women when they give birth or are breastfeeding.^[21] Prolactin and oxytocin are responsible for inducing milk production in women.^[22] Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is responsible for ovulation in women, and acts by triggering egg maturity; in men it stimulates sperm production.^[23] Luteinizing hormone (LH) triggers ovulation, which is the release of a mature egg.^[