Status:

COMPLETED

Effects of Breast Feeding on Post-Cesarean and Post-Vaginal Delivery Pain

Lead Sponsor:

Stanford University

Conditions:

Pain

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-40 years

Brief Summary

Oxytocin is a hormone that is released in response to distension of the cervix and uterus during labor, and after breast feeding as a result of nipple stimulation. In addition to oxytocin facilitating...

Detailed Description

Patients will be recruited by a member of the research team when the patient is admitted to labor or delivery and when they are in the post-natal floor. Patients will be divided into two groups initi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 18 - 40 yrs
  • ASA 1 or 2
  • Singleton gestation
  • Greater or equal to 37 weeks gestation
  • Vaginal delivery
  • Scheduled cesarean delivery with a Pfannenstiel incision

Exclusion

  • Chronic pain
  • Patients prescribed regular analgesia medication ante-natally
  • Substance abuse
  • Classical cesarean incision
  • Emergency cesarean delivery
  • Patients not planning to breastfeed
  • Psychiatric or cognitive disorder, including anxiety or depression
  • Physicians, labor and delivery nurses, midwives

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2011

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

130 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01417260

Start Date

August 1 2011

End Date

December 1 2014

Last Update

April 14 2015

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Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, California, United States, 94305