Nipple stimulation to induce birth

Awhile back I was reading some forum new moms posted in one story said she was in the hospital and in order to start labor a nurse stimulated her nipples. I have heard of this before but never where a nurse did did the stimulating. It was sometime ago I found this post and now I can't find it again.

Hmmm there is an interesting subject.

Never happened to me and also not sure if this is common treatment but the thought is realy exiting.

Having your engorged nipples played with as part of getting the labour started.

Is there someone who has a real ecperience with this?

Comments of others who also like this thought?

Carla

It probably has something to do with their impending sucking duties.

Nipple stimulus causes a mom to produce natural oxytocin that causes contraction of the uterus. It's an old school technique that's fallen out of favor. These days, they just start an oxytocin IV drip. Miracles of modern medicine.

My wife and I tried it during labor and it was amazing. It didn't trigger a contraction, but it did make next contraction more intense, and last slightly longer. We experimented and this is what we found.

It was better to do both nipples at the same time, than to do only one, or one and then the other.

Getting the nipples hard and then wiggling them seamed to be the key. We found that a gentle flicking motion, or gentle pinch and rolling worked best.

It was more successful for me to do it to her than for her to stimulate them herself. Even though she did the same things, and nipples seamed the same level of erect, it was more effective if I did it. (Lucky me)

10 seconds of stimulation produced a noticeable increase in the next contraction's intensity.

20-30 seconds of stimulation was ideal for her situation.

60 seconds of stimulation increased the contraction way too much. Pain and discomfort was well beyond the reasonable level of normal labor contractions.

After 5 or 6 contraction cycles the effect faded. We would then go 5 or 6 cycles without the stimulation for her body to reset. Then the next 5 or 6 cycles with the stimulation were right back up at the intense level again.

It was a very useful technique to intensify the contractions, and enjoyable for both of us. Maybe enjoyed more by me than her, but overall a win-win-win. I highly recommend it to any mothers-to-be.

That's definitely something I have done in play exams/play births, since like others have pointed out, in real life, it produces oxytocin and so stimulates contractions.

Does anyone have further information regarding nipple stimulation, oxytocin production, and orgasm in males? I have always found that stimulating my nipples prior to and during orgasm leads to a more intense orgasm.

Does anyone have further information regarding nipple stimulation, oxytocin production, and orgasm in males? I have always found that stimulating my nipples prior to and during orgasm leads to a more intense orgasm.

I'd look into the works of Masters & Johnson or check out the Kinsey Institute Web site.

I just looked up this subject on google and found a good web page talking about nipple stimulation during the birthing of a baby. The link to that page follows:

http://howtonaturallyinducelaborinfo.com/nipple-stimulation-to-induce-labor/ Read and enjoy.

"An even more promising study used mild electrical (TENS) nipple stimulation to induce labor in 21 women (Tal et al. 198😎. Fifteen achieved progressive labor. The six who didn't had unripe cervixes. No woman experienced nipple discomfort. Uterine hyperstimulation in five women was easily corrected by adjusting the TENS unit."

Breast electrostimulation for the induction of labor.

Tal Z, Frankel ZN, Ballas S, Olschwang D.

Obstet Gynecol. 1988 Oct;72(4):671-4.

"The use of breast stimulation to promote cervical ripening and initiate labor has been studied frequently. However, the various mechanical methods that have been suggested cannot be adequately controlled by the physician. We studied breast electrostimulation as a controllable method of initiating labor in 21 women. This technique successfully induced labor in 15 women, including all nine with premature rupture of membranes. The six (of 12) women without premature rupture of membranes who failed to go into labor each had a Bishop score of 4 or less. All of the successfully induced women delivered vaginally. The time interval from the start of stimulation to birth ranged from 2-13.5 hours, and all infants were born in good condition. Uterine hyperactivity occurred in five cases, but was controlled easily by adjusting the electrical variables of the stimulation. Further work will be needed to establish clearly the indications and safety of breast electrostimulation for induction of labor."

This works because, as most of you probably know, stimulating the breasts triggers oxytocin production. I have since run searches on induction and augmentation for the new edition of Ob Myths, and so far as I know, there have been no other studies. Pity. TENS would allow nipple stim without irritating the nipples, and, as Paula reported with her client with the unusual response, once you stop, contractions immediately quiet down. Compared with other methods, what's not to like?

Can believe the theory but not that of a nurse doing it. Into fantasy land there

That sounds like fun 😃. I believe it may work

Https://youtu.be/f-vH8ANvtuY?t=21m19s

Here's a video with mom actually doing it to herself. Granted, she's in labor already, and it's the second baby. Within a minute of doing it though, the second child is born...so I'd say it definitely helps DURING labor, don't see why it couldn't help to induce it (:

I suggest this to women all the time as a way to augment labour but I would never ever do it! What! Lol!

More like give the woman some private time alone or with her partner in the bathroom.

One time I was taking a doctor to lunch and told him that my wife was past due for delivery, He said there were 3 ways to start labor; rigorous intercourse, sucking her breasts and enemas. I made no response to him.

Jimmy hadn't that doctor heard of pitocin? That's the usual way to induce labor.

This Doc was suggesting ways to get labor started while still at home, before heading to the hospital for a "Pit Drip", which would undoubtedly begin strong labor. I would have happily done all three suggestions, but I doubt that a full term pregnant woman would like any of the suggestions. We waited until some minor contractions started and went to the hospital. Her OB examined her and told her to go back home for a few hours and to NOT take a Fleet, as it might spur labor on to a quick delivery. We did as directed and returned to the hospital when contractions were strong. She got the Fleet and some Pitocin which dilated her nicely.

Never heard of a nurse doing this for a patient - but my husband sure didn't mind helping out when we were pregnant with our first. Towards the end of my pregnancy, nipple stimulation caused such intense contractions I almost couldn't stand it. I'm certain my hubs will love to hep in this particular field for our next. =)

Agree with jds4med. As some have noted, I have always heard of having the women do it herself, perhaps with a warm washcloth. Was used more for a stress test than inducing labor. Never seen it done, but would assume IV pitocin is faster, more reliable, and can be titrated gradually until the contractions are at the desired frequency.

Yeah so. Pit, or syntocin as it's called in Australia, is excruciating and best avoided unless there is a clear medical need. Makes contractions much more painful. Usually results in women being bedridden with an epidural, with the sacrum protruding into the birth canal, making birth more difficult.

Thanks for that clarification, chaomiandra! I had thought Syntocin was different. Hadn't googled...

For this to actually work, it is not glamorous. The current recommendation for nipple stimulation to induce labor is 15 minutes of strong nipple play every hour until labor begins. It would get very tiring doing this by hand, so often a breast pump is used. However, I will say that I have had the job/responsibility of manually doing this for a client experiencing a medical induction in the hospital. There was a problem getting the insurance to ok a pump, so the mom, the dad and I all took turns with warm compresses and pulling/pinching her nipples. It wasn't erotic at the time- we were all just trying to get baby out safely! But now looking back, it was kinda hot.

So you're saying the woman giving birth Father pulled and pinched his own daughters nipples you must be making this up what daughter would want her father to do that?

I think she means father of the baby I.e her partner not her actual dad.

I used a hospital grade breast pump and a vibrator. My water broke shortly after the vibrator did its job. Prior to that my husband had been suckling a lot when he was home. It might have worked or maybe it was just time.