Effects of breast stimulation for spontaneous onset of labor on salivary oxytocin levels in low-risk pregnant women: A feasibility study

• Kaori Takahata ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kaori Takahata, Shigeko Horiuchi

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kaoritakahata@slcn.ac.jp

  Affiliation St. Luke’s International University, Tokyo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8141-3354

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• Shigeko Horiuchi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kaori Takahata, Shigeko Horiuchi

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Graduate School of Nursing Science, St. Luke’s International University, Tokyo, Japan, St. Luke’s Maternity Care Home, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yuriko Tadokoro,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation St. Luke’s International University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Takuya Shuo,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hokuriku University, Ishikawa, Japan

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• Erika Sawano,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

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• Kazuyuki Shinohara

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

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