Remember, the body releases natural
oxytocin during labour.
There were no differences between groups for fetal loss equal to / after 24 weeks and neonatal death, induction of labour, antenatal hospitalisation, antepartum haemorrhage, augmentation / artificial
oxytocin during labour, opiate analgesia, perineal laceration requiring suturing, postpartum haemorrhage, breastfeeding initiation, low birthweight infant, five - minute Apgar score less than or equal to seven, neonatal convulsions, admission of infant to special care or neonatal intensive care unit (s) or in mean length of neonatal hospital stay (days).
Not exact matches
Syntocinon - This is a synthetic version of the hormone
oxytocin, which is naturally released
during labour.
I heard him talk about it, he thinks that the syntetic
oxytocin given
during labour interferes with the natural production of
oxytocin, not only for the mother but for the baby as well because the syntetic
oxytocin crosses the placenta and gets into the baby's circulation.
Oxytocin helps women get through
labour by stimulating uterine contractions, which is why it's sometimes administered (as Pitocin)
during labor.
The use of
oxytocin, which strengthens contractions, either
during labour, or in third stage, has also been linked to an increased risk of FMH and blood group incompatibility problems.34 35
Let's talk about sex The theory behind this is that sex can trigger the release of
oxytocin, a hormone that controls contractions
during labour, and may cause
labour.
We excluded women who required
oxytocin for induction of
labour after the 2:1 matching with our study group, because we learned
during the study that the policy with respect to the use of
oxytocin for induction of
labour was outside the scope of practice for midwives and family physicians in some hospitals.
If an epidural is used
during labour and birth — in addition to
oxytocin, pethidine and an instrumental delivery — then how can research conclude that it was the epidural anesthesia that caused a neonate to be drowsy and slow to latch on to the breast?