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  • Title: Contraction stress testing with mammary self-stimulation.
    Author: MacMillan JB, Hale RW.
    Journal: J Reprod Med; 1984 Apr; 29(4):219-21. PubMed ID: 6716364.
    Abstract:
    One hundred fifty-six women with high-risk pregnancies performed mammary self-stimulation 256 times in an attempt to induce uterine contractions that would meet contraction-stress-test criteria. One hundred forty-nine, or 57%, of the attempts resulted in contractions of adequate duration and frequency to satisfy those criteria. Patient acceptance of the procedure was very high; only one patient refused to participate. Performing a contraction stress test through mammary self-stimulation was found to shorten the time that successful patients stayed in the testing area and eliminated the need for an intravenous oxytocin challenge test.
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