Participants were 120 primiparous women who had vaginal delivery of a non-handicapped child. Saliva was collected twice daily through parturition to day 35 post-partum. In the prepartum, a highly significant circadian rhythm was seen in cortisol, with a lower-amplitude rhythm in progesterone (AM/PM = 1.12). Evening samples showed a rise in cortisol, with a highly significant rise on day -1. The rise was small. The fall in progesterone in the 3 days before parturition was also small (approximately 6%). Neither change provides an obvious trigger for parturition.
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Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK.
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School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
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May 2024
Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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September 2024
Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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