Intrapartum synthetic oxytocin, behavioral and emotional problems in children, and the role of postnatal depressive symptoms, postnatal anxiety and mother-to-infant bonding:A Dutch prospective cohort study

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between intrapartum synthetic oxytocin and child behavioral and emotional problems and to assess if maternal depressive or anxious symptoms or mother-to-infant bonding play a mediating role in this association. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Population-based Pregnancy Anxiety and Depression Study. PARTICIPANTS: Pregnant women in their first trimester of pregnancy visiting a total of 109 primary and nine secondary obstetric care centers in the Netherlands between 2010 and 2014 were invited to participate. Follow-up measures used for the present... Mehr ...