The Association Between Common Labor Drugs and Suckling When Skin-to-Skin During the First Hour After Birth.

Kajsa BrimdyrKarin CadwellAnn-Marie WidströmKristin SvenssonMonica NeumannElaine A HartSarah HarringtonRaylene Phillips

Published in: Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) (2015)

Results suggest that intrapartum exposure to the drugs fentanyl and synthetic oxytocin significantly decreased the likelihood of the baby suckling while skin-to-skin with its mother during the first hour after birth.

Keyphrases

soft tissue
wound healing
blood pressure
gestational age
pregnant women
drug induced
pregnancy outcomes