(1) Primiparous and multiparous women were analysed separately, as were elective and emergency caesarean sections.(2) High-dose regimens may be used for multiparous women, but no data support the use of high-dose oxytocin regimens for augmentation in a patient with a previously scarred uterus.(3) The behavior of six multiparous sows per pen, bedded on straw, was recorded.(4) The caesarean rate for intended home births was 8.3% among primiparous women and 1.6% among multiparous women.(5) Only one in four nulliparous women and just over one half of multiparous women with this presentation achieve a spontaneous vaginal delivery.(6) Not surprisingly, primiparous women had higher cortisol levels than multiparous women, and lactation started earlier among the multiparous women whatever the mode of delivery.
