Oxytocin levels in low-risk primiparas following breast stimulation for spontaneous onset of labor: a quasi-experimental study
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...
Main Authors: | Kaori Takahata, Shigeko Horiuchi, Yuriko Tadokoro, Erika Sawano, Kazuyuki Shinohara |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-10-01
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Series: | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12884-019-2504-3 |
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