Prepartum and intrapartum breast stimulation in obstetrics. A review.
The publication of studies that describe the use of breast stimulation to produce or augment contractions before and during labor has grown rapidly over the last three years. Until recently, this physiologic phenomenon appears to have been little recognized in the medical literature, though references to the technique do appear in the medical literature from Hippocrates to the present.
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D001940:Breast / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D010812:Physical Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D014590:Uterine Contraction