Oxytocin levels in low-risk primiparas following breast stimulation for spontaneous onset of labor: a quasi-experimental study

• Principais autores: Kaori Takahata (Autor), Shigeko Horiuchi (Autor), Yuriko Tadokoro (Autor), Erika Sawano (Autor), Kazuyuki Shinohara (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Breast stimulation is performed to self-induce labor. However, there are apparently no reports on hormonal evaluation during stimulation for consecutive days in relation to induction effect. We evaluated the salivary oxytocin level following 3 consecutive days of own breast stimu...