Sentences with phrase «using nipple stimulation»

Using nipple stimulation to bring on labor has a long history.

A final study, which also reported on fetal distress, found hyperstimulation with fetal heart rate changes in 2.9 % of women using nipple stimulation, compared to 1 % of women using pitocin.

Based on this, the authors caution against using nipple stimulation without medical supervision:

Using nipple stimulation for inducing labor would probably be a more widely known and recommended practice were there not concerns about its safety.

Among 719 women, who used nipple stimulation, they were more likely to be in labor after 72 hours than the controls.

Massage your breast and use nipple stimulation to get a second let down.

Before choosing to use nipple stimulation, it is helpful to be sure you are ready to try induction.

There are even some protocols to use nipple stimulation as a form of induction of labor.

Not exact matches

Moms who have used this say that breast pumps are probably the easiest and gentlest forms of nipple or breast stimulation.

You can try nipple stimulation, using your hands, or a breast pump to stimulate your nipples.

Using a nipple shield decreases the amount of stimulation to the breast and the amount of milk transferred.

If a nipple shield is required, choose a well made that will allow for more stimulation and use only under the direction of a board certified lactation consultant.

Manually rolling the nipples between the fingers or using a breast pump for even stronger stimulation can jump start uterine contractions.

A 1986 study published in the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) National Institutes of Health's (NIH) website, the use of an electric breast pump (i.e. nipple stimulation) was proven to be as effective as oxytocin infusion as a means of induction.

While some people may use a breast pump, a paper published on the website, American Family Physician, explains that the most commonly used technique of nipple stimulation for induction is gentle massage of the breasts or the application of warm compresses to the breasts «for one hour, three times a day.»

«Use of a nipple shield could potentially reduce a mom's milk supply because the shield places a barrier between baby's mouth and mom's breast, which results in less breast stimulation,» Karen Meade, a registered nurse and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) at Einstein Medical Center Montgomery in Pennsylvania, tells Romper in an email interview.

Nipple stimulation can be used to ripen the cervix when a woman is at term, and can also augment labor after it is underway.

These studies examined whether nipple stimulation was a viable alternative to pitocin for use in contraction stress tests.

The problem I see is that direct entry midwives in the United States will often attend home births that do not fit these criteria; while insisting that home birth is at least as safe as hospital birth, many will attend twin births, breech births, births after 41 weeks, births of women who have pre-existing or pregnancy - induced disease, births after two or more previous caesarean sections, and births of women whose labor has been jump - started rather than begun spontaneously (whether by herbs, prolonged nipple stimulation, the breaking of her water, or illicit use of medications).

Nipple stimulation separate from lactation (essentially allowing your baby to use you as a pacifier)

For me, it was the same with my singleton and after a couple of weeks my nipples «broke in» and got used to the constant stimulation.

Nipple stimulation, pulling back your breast tissue temporarily, or using a breast pump before feedings can help.

As time passes and you both get the hang of it, your nipples will probably get used to the stimulation and your baby may develop a better latch and suck as well.

If a nipple shield is required, choose a well made that will allow for more stimulation and use only under the direction of a board certified lactation consultant.

Using a nipple shield decreases the amount of stimulation to the breast and the amount of milk transferred.

To finally help get things going we did nipple stimulation and my midwife used acupressure, both of which were very effective!