Stimulation Therapy to Induce Mothers: Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

More than 1 million women have their labor induced in the United States each year, and synthetic oxytocin infusion is the most common method used. However, compared to spontaneous labor, medical induction is resource intensive, has increased obstetric risks, and is associated with less successful breastfeeding. In contrast to the endogenous oxytocin hormone, which is released in a pulsatile fashion in the brain, synthetic oxytocin is continuously infused intravenously, resulting in important limitations related to efficacy, safety, and cost. Akin to spontaneous labor contractions, infant suckling of the breast nipple is known to stimulate the pulsatile release of endogenous oxytocin from the posterior pituitary gland. Nipple stimulation therapy via an electric breast pum

SUBMITTER: Tortal D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11393510 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature