When things need a little jump start, your doctor might turn to Pitocin. Learn more about the drug and how it works.
Pitocin, a brand name drug, is the synthetic version of oxytocin, a natural hormone that helps your uterus contract during labor. Oxytocin is secreted as your body readies for childbirth, but if you aren’t contracting quickly enough or aren’t in labor at all and need to deliver for health reasons, Pitocin can be administered as a medication to kick start those contractions.
Pitocin is also sometimes used after birth. “After delivery, you want the uterus to contract as firmly as possible to stop postpartum bleeding, and a larger dose of [Pitocin] can help do that,” Rosenn says.“Usually a woman will feel mild contractions within the first hour, and then it varies from woman to woman in terms of when they become more intense,” says Geeta Sharma, MD, assistant attending ob-gyn at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City.
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