Calcium Carbonate to Augment Labor Contractions
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Summary
The investigators think that calcium carbonate can act as an assistive medication to improve contractions during labor.
Description
This study plans to study the acceptance and safety of using calcium carbonate as an medicine to help the labor induction process. The study aims to find if the use of calcium carbonate will lead to better labor contractions and increase the percentage of vaginal deliveries and improve delivery outcomes.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years or older * Nulliparas (no prior pregnancy lasting 20 weeks or greater of gestation) * Gestational age above 36 weeks, at enrollment * Present for induction or augmentation of labor inclusive of medical indication, elective induction at greater than 39 weeks' gestation, trial of labor after cesarean * Singleton gestation (a multiple gestation reduced to a singleton, either spontaneously or therapeutically, before 14 0/7 weeks of gestation is acceptable) * Ability to give informed consent * Planned to undergo initiation of oxytocin infusion by their maternity care…
Interventions
- DrugCalcium Carbonate 500 MG
Calcium Carbonate 500mg, orally, every 4 hours.
- DrugStandard Dose Synthetic Pitocin
The participant will receive thestandard-dose synthetic oxytocin for labor induction or augmentation.
Location
- Weill Cornell MedicineNew York, New York