Breast Stimulation Versus Pitocin for Induction of Labor

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2010-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of the trial is to compare nipple stimulation with a breast pump to pitocin for induction of labor in term pregnancies.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hadassah Medical Organization
• Treatments: Oxytocin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years and older

• completed 37 weeks gestation

• singleton pregnancy

• reassuring fetal heart rate at admission monitor

Exclusion Criteria:

• multiple pregnancies

• known fetal malformations

• non reassuring NST

• polyhydramnios (AFI>220)

• oligohydramnios

• PET

• IUGR

• macrosomia (EFW >4000g)

• antepartum bleeding

• maternal fever