Intrapartum Synthetic Oxytocin and Its Effects on Maternal Well-Being at 2 Months Postpartum

Birth

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 28-35

  Gu, Vivian ^a   Feeley, Nancy ^b   Gold, Ian ^a   Hayton, Barbara ^b   Robins, Stephanie ^b   Mackinnon, Anna ^a   Samuel, Simcha ^a   Carter, C Sue ^c   Zelkowitz, Phyllis ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Intrapartum synthetic oxytocin; Mental health; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BREAST FEEDING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MENTAL HEALTH; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84958629320     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/birt.12198     Document Type: Article

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