Open AccessWarm Tub Bath During Labor
Author(s) -
Gradert Y.,
Hertel J.,
Lenstrup C.,
Bach F. W.,
Christensen N. J.,
Rosenö H.,
Lenstrup C.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348709004142
Subject(s) - medicine , venous blood , apgar score , pregnancy , obstetrics , anesthesia , fetus , biology , genetics
In this study 13 women bathed in a warm tub bath during the first stage labor after a strictly normal pregnancy. The control group consisted of 9 women who did not want warm tub bath. Apgar scores at 1 and 5 minutes were recorded and plasma adrenalin, noradrenalin were measured in umbilical arterial blood at birth, together with pH, pCO 2 , and base excess and beta‐endorphin‐like immunoreactivity in umbilical venous blood. No differences were found between the groups. No beneficial effect was found on infant condition of a warm tub bath during labor.