OXT and Cowden syndrome 1: The mean salivary OXT levels of women with emergency CS was significantly lower at 5 days after childbirth than at 36 weeks of gestation, 38 weeks of gestation, and 1 day after childbirth (36 weeks of gestation: p = 0.01; 38 weeks of gestation: p = 0.02; 1 day after childbirth: p = 0.03) (Fig. 1).