Re: Another Myth Busted
From: Gail Graham (GA12L@aol.com)
Sat Jul 8 14:30:19 2006
Well, labour might have been a coincidence but then can we be so sure?
When we do a stretch and sweep and labour begins have we been successful
or was labour about to start anyway? You can't undo it and try again.
Gail
garrys@mindspring.com wrote:
> Ina May:
>
> Respectfully, might labor have been a coincidence?
>
> Garry
>
> At Sat, 08 Jul 2006, doctorjoe@aol.com wrote:
>> Uh, have we all FORGOTTEN why they're named "PROSTA-glandins"???
>>
>> Joe P.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: midwifeim@earthlink.net
>> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>> Sent: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 09:02:46 -0500
>> Subject: Re: Another Myth Busted
>>
>> it
>> ect
>> (onset of labor).
>>
>> 40
>> weeks. Husband arrived from CA, was happy that I had prescribed sex without
>> He
>> was also the one who found the article explaining that prostaglandin was
>> plentiful in semen. This is only one case out of dozens.
>>
>> Ina May
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Jamie <ajfields@pine-net.com>
>>> Sent: Jul 5, 2006 4:29 PM
>>> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>>> Subject: Re: Another Myth Busted
>>>
>>> I wonder if a randomized study would show something different. Women
>>> who are closer to birth may be more uncomfortable and less interested in
>>> intercourse, thus the negative correlation.
>>>
>>> At Wed, 5 Jul 2006, Anna Meenan, MD wrote:
>>>> Sexual intercourse at term does not hasten labor
>>>>
>>>> The objective of this study by a researcher from Columbus, Ohio was to
>>>> determine whether sexual intercourse at term hastens the onset of labor
>>>> and to observe its effect on cervical status. Women with low-risk
>>>> pregnancies at term were asked at each of their term prenatal visits
>>>> whether they had engaged in penile-vaginal intercourse during the
>>>> previous week. Delivery outcomes were compared between those women who
>>>> were sexually active at term and those who were not. A Bishop score was
>>>> assigned to each cervical examination at term, and the weekly results of
>>>> the cervical examination were compared between women who were sexually
>>>> active in the previous week and those who were not.
>>>>
>>>> The researcher found that 47 (50.5%) of 93 women reported having had
>>>> sexual intercourse at term. The gestational age at delivery of those
>>>> women who were sexually active at term was greater than those who were
>>>> not (39.9 weeks versus 39.3 weeks; P = 0.001). There was no difference
>>>> in Bishop score between women who had sex in the previous week and those
>>>> who had not. After adjusting for the effect of time, those who were
>>>> sexually active the previous week had Bishop scores that were, on
>>>> average, lower by 0.26 compared with those who abstained.
>>>>
>> iated
>>>> with ripening of the cervix and does not hasten labor.”
>>>>
>>>> This is important information for GPs re this oft-enquired-about area
>> s
>> better may
>>>> feel more inclined towards sexual activity and there is an issue re the
>>>> accuracy of responses. The findings of this study should not be used as
>>>> an example of the potential misapplication of EBM by partners: the study
>>>> does not recommend all pregnant women engage in sexual activity in the
>>>> last few weeks of pregnancy.
>>>>
>>>> Obstetrics & Gynecology 2006;107:1310-1314. © 2006 by The American
>>>> College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
>>>> Sexual Intercourse at Term and Onset of Labor, Jonathan Schaffir, MD.
>>>>
>>>> Category W. Pregnancy/Childbirth/Family Planning, X. Female Genital
>>>> System, Breast, Y. Male Genital System . Keywords: sexual activity,
>>>> term, onset, labor, cohort study
>>>> Synopsis edited by Dr Stephen Wilkinson, Melbourne. Posted on Global
>>>> Family Doctor 5 July 2006
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Anna Meenan, MD
>>>>
>>> --
>>> JFields, RN, BSN
>>
> Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
> Private Practice
> Roswell, GA
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