Mode of delivery and subsequent stress response.
We have shown that a baby's stress (saliva cortisol) and crying response to inoculation at 8 weeks was related to mode of delivery, with the greatest response shown in those born by assisted delivery and the least response in those born by elective caesarean section.
Taylor
A
A
Fisk
N M
NM
Glover
V
V
D002585:Cesarean Section; D003448:Crying; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005113:Extraction, Obstetrical; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000032:analysis*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000209:etiology*; D014611:Vaccination
D006854:Hydrocortisone