Either nipple stimulation or IV pitocin (oxytocin) is used to stimulate uterine contractions.

In those deliveries, veterinarians kept labor moving with massages and injections of Oxytocin to help stimulate contractions.

The fibers from these cells stimulate muscular contractions, each pyramidal cell controlling a particular portion of a particular muscle.

Oxytocin: A hormone secreted during labor to stimulate contractions and milk production.

If not, your doctor may recommend using medicine to stimulate (augment) uterine contractions.

Moreover, he said, during labor the residents had administered the drug Pitocin, which stimulated forceful contractions.

These act directly on the uterus to stimulate contractions.

But purists might object nonetheless, because both mothers were given pitocin, an artificial hormone, to stimulate contractions.

If labor does not progress after an amniotomy, medicine such as oxytocin (Pitocin) can be used to stimulate contractions.

It might stimulate uterine contractions and cause a miscarriage.