Stress
I'm 39 weeks today, and wondering if stress/anxiety can either induce labour or stop it from starting?
For context my cat has been out since about 3.30am Tuesday morning and hasn't been back since, even though she's normally back in at least every 2-3 hours for food!
I feel awful because both cats are normally locked in from 7pm to 6am but I was trying to sleep on the sofa (its comfier than bed ATM!) and she was scratching for 1.5 hours to go out and I gave in.
So yeah, can stress or anxiety induce or prevent labour? 😬
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I’m so sorry to hear that 😔 I really hope she comes home soon! Is she chipped? I would ring round the local vets to make them aware incase someone brings her in
As for labour oxytocin (love hormone) helps labour progress and adrenaline (stress hormone) can slow things down when in labour so I’m not sure if it can delay things if they havnt started? It would make sense as that’s what animals do they delay their labour if conditions arnt right or they don’t feel safe and we are mammals after all so potentially could hold off your labour a little (not indefinitely thou) - I don’t have any facts on this just my thoughts xx
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