Low-risk pregnant women
Conditions
Interventions
Conducts breast self-stimulation for three days. Each breast is stimulated for 15 minutes, alternating between the breasts to prevent uterine hyperstimulation, for a total of 1 hour per day. The pa
Sponsors
St. Luke's International University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Plan to give singleton birth with spontaneous cephalic delivery primipara 2. Between 38 and 39 weeks of gestation 3. Asian and can read and write Japanese 4. Permission to participate in research provided by attending physician or midwife
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Medical or pregnancy complications 2. Mental illness 3. Medical history of treatment of Assisted Reproductive Technology 4. BMI above 25 before pregnancy 5. Planned induced labor 6. Currently performs breast stimulation more than 10 minutes per day.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Salivary oxytocin levels 10 minutes before intervention and 30, 60, 75 minutes after intervention | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| (1) Delivery outcomes (spontaneous labor/ oxytocin use to induce labor, gestational week of delivery, the length from experiment to birth, delivery mode, oxytocin use to augment labor, length of delivery) (2) Polymorphisms of oxytocin receptor (i.e., rs53576, rs2254298) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactKaori Takahata
St. Luke's International University, Graduate School Doctoral Programs in Nursing Science
Outcome results
None listed