The 2024 JMIR Research Protocols article “Stimulation Therapy to Induce Mothers: Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial” (PMCID: PMC11393510) proves the thesis that there are alternatives to the widely-used intravenous oxytocin route most commonly used to induce labor in pregnant women. In fact, the article goes further and postulates the superiority of pulsed oxytocin, […]
Ice Chip Torture During Labor Myth: American Society of Anesthesiologists Suggests Fasting Unnecessary The Myth of Chewing Ice Cubes During Labor Myths surrounding labor and birth are plentiful; as science advances and research moves along, myths are identified, and old ways discarded. The “Ice-Chips- During-Labor-Thing” is one such myth. And, for the most part, […]