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  • Title: The effects of obstetrical medication on the behavior of Israeli newborn infants and some comparisons with Uruguayan and American infants.
    Author: Horowitz FD, Ashton J, Culp R, Gaddis E.
    Journal: Child Dev; 1977 Dec; 48(4):1607-23. PubMed ID: 24528.
    Abstract:
    The effects of obstetrical medication on neonatal behavior were studied using a sample of Israeli infants from medicated and nonmedicated mothers. Few significant behavioral differences were detected in the first month of life, and there was no difference in Bayley Infant Scale performance at 3 months of age. Comparative analyses using samples of American and Uruguayan infants and additional data from other studies of American newborns led to the conclusion that light levels of obstetrical medication do not appear to have significant effects on neonatal behavior. However, this may well be qualified by some initial population differences, by the measurements commonly used in the studies reviewed, and possibly by critical cutoff points dividing the levels of medication that will and will not affect neonatal behavior.
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