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
Active Locations (1)
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Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California, United States, 94305