When pregnant women need help going into labor, they commonly receive a medication called Pitocin on the labor and delivery floor. Pitocin is the brand name and is a synthetic analog to the naturally produced oxytocin, a hormone secreted by mother when they naturally go into labor. This medication has been used widely around the world. There is emerging evidence that obese women need more oxytocin to go into labor compared to their lean cohorts. There are many studies to support the use of different oxytocin dosages and are currently supported by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Despite these evidences, a low dose oxytocin regimen is universally used in the United States, regardless of patient characteristics.