Postpartum depression (PPD) is a significant mental health concern, especially for women in
vulnerable populations. Oxytocin (OT), a hormone essential for a variety of maternal tasks …

Background The reproductive hormone oxytocin facilitates labour, birth and postpartum
adaptations for women and newborns. Synthetic oxytocin is commonly given to induce or …

Oxytocin is one of the most commonly used medications during labour and delivery. Recent
insights from basic neuroscience research suggest that the uterotonic effects of oxytocin may …

Oxytocin is a peptide hormone that plays a key role in regulating the female reproductive
system, including during labor and lactation. It is produced primarily in the hypothalamus …

The first clinical applications of oxytocin (OT) were in obstetrics as a hormone to start and
speed up labor and to control postpartum hemorrhage. Discoveries in the 1960s and 1970s …

Background Depression is approximately two-fold more prevalent among women than men.
Social theories suggest that discrimination is a pathway through which gender inequalities …

Objective To examine the association between intrapartum synthetic oxytocin and child
behavioral and emotional problems and to assess if maternal depressive or anxious …

During the postpartum and menopausal periods of women's lives, there is a well-established
and significant drop of circulating estrogens. This may be the reason why both these periods …

BackgroundThe aetiology and consequences of 'baby blues'(lower mood following
childbirth) are yet to be sufficiently investigated with respect to an individual's clinical history …

Background Considering the importance of sexual function, high prevalence of sexual
dysfunction (especially dyspareunia caused by atrophic vaginitis) in breastfeeding women …