Epidural pain relief effect on oxytocin in early vs late labor
Part of Pain clinical trials.
This study compares two types of epidural pain relief during labor to see how they affect the hormone oxytocin, which helps with contractions. It may help understand how the timing of pain relief affects labor progress.
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Who can take part
- You are 18 to 40 years old and pregnant with one baby (not twins) at 37 to 41 weeks.
- Your labor started on its own, without any medicines to start or speed it up.
- You are planning to get epidural pain relief during labor, and your cervix is dilated 5 cm or less, or 6 cm or more, at that time.
- You have not taken any opioid pain medicine in the last 12 hours.
- You have not had any medicine like misoprostol or dinoprostone to help with labor.
- You have not had your water broken more than 2 hours before joining the study.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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