[QUOTE=BirthFree;9589222]As soon as you stop stimulation, the oxytocin stops (unlike an IV pitocin drip), it would be VERY VERY unlikely to cause any ctx. that are "too long and too strong" *especially* compared to any artificial labor stimulation.
An OB required a client (doula) of mine to be on the monitor when she did nipple stimulation because otherwise he couldn't control it. I honestly laughed when he was out of hearing range. Does everything have to be controlled? Could not a Mom say, "hmmm, that seemed too long" and just stop doing the stimulation on her own? My guess is yes - no amount of artificial monitoring will replace a Mama in that dept.
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Birth Free-it has been well researched. I know it is counter intuitive and I was a little suprised too. But pitocin actually has a very short half life, in fact if we are really worried about the baby and doing a contraction stress test pitocin more reliably and quickly wears off than contractions caused by nipple stimulation....which can be very long and no, they don't stop as often as they do when you turn off the pitocin. Maybe some logic behind this is nipple stim is getting your body's endogenous oxytocin and the true labor process going. So even though you laughed at that OB what he was saying is extremely well researched. It isn't a matter of trying to control things it is a matter of trying to avoid an unneccessary problem with the baby.
An OB required a client (doula) of mine to be on the monitor when she did nipple stimulation because otherwise he couldn't control it. I honestly laughed when he was out of hearing range. Does everything have to be controlled? Could not a Mom say, "hmmm, that seemed too long" and just stop doing the stimulation on her own? My guess is yes - no amount of artificial monitoring will replace a Mama in that dept.
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Birth Free-it has been well researched. I know it is counter intuitive and I was a little suprised too. But pitocin actually has a very short half life, in fact if we are really worried about the baby and doing a contraction stress test pitocin more reliably and quickly wears off than contractions caused by nipple stimulation....which can be very long and no, they don't stop as often as they do when you turn off the pitocin. Maybe some logic behind this is nipple stim is getting your body's endogenous oxytocin and the true labor process going. So even though you laughed at that OB what he was saying is extremely well researched. It isn't a matter of trying to control things it is a matter of trying to avoid an unneccessary problem with the baby.
