For childbirth, specialists can use oxytocin, a drug that speeds up labor in the maternity hospital.
On Europe 1, specialist Cyril Huissoud, gynecologist-obstetrician in Lyon, looks at the microphone of Europe 1 on Tuesday on the use of this substance, which is safe for mother and child.
Olivia is soon to give birth to her first child and reads a lot about pregnancy. Having seen that maternity hospitals could have a tendency "to force things a little by making oxytocin infusions", the expectant mother is worried about the possible harmful consequences of this injection for the baby. This listener from Europe 1 therefore wonders if she is entitled to refuse this infusion.
Cyril Huissoud, gynecologist-obstetrician at the CHU de Lyon, answers and reassures her, Tuesday afternoon, in the program
Sans Rendez-vous
with Mélanie Gomez and Jimmy Mohamed
.
"Oxytocin, which is a drug, is first and foremost a small protein in the brain that acts as a hormone during childbirth. But it sometimes happens that the birth is more difficult, that the dilation of the cervix does not. is done more and, in order to avoid a cesarean, you may need to use this hormone.It is made synthetically, it is not a hormone of human origin.
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"Boost"
Oxytocin can give a little 'boost' to the uterus and promote childbirth in situations where we could ask the question of a cesarean because labor is no longer progressing.
It is a drug which is in principle very well tolerated by the mother is very well tolerated by the baby.
There is no risk to the baby when used according to the clinical situation.
A patient can perfectly well refuse the injection of oxytocin.
It is up to us to explain to him the reason why we are considering implementing this treatment.
Generally, mothers who use this type of medication have even less desire, of course, for a cesarean. "