As you approach the end of pregnancy, circumstances may arise where you may choose to have your labor prematurely started. This is known as an elective labor induction. It's considered an elective ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate if induction of labour at 41 weeks improves perinatal and maternal outcomes in women with a low risk pregnancy compared with expectant management and induction of labour at 42 ...

As you inch closer to 40 weeks of pregnancy, chances are you’ll try just about anything to just get this baby to come out already! You’ve nested, prepped the nursery, packed the hospital bag—maybe ...

Labor induction, also known as inducing labor, is the jumpstarting of uterine contractions before natural labor occurs, with the goal of a healthy vaginal delivery. Healthcare providers, doctors, and ...

Depending on your health and the health of the pregnancy, doctors may choose to induce labor anytime after 39 weeks. In order to soften the cervix and ready it for labor, doctors will either use a ...

To induce labor, doctors will either use medication or a catheter-like device. The only natural option for labor induction that is safe and may work is nipple stimulation. Do not rely on natural ...

A labor induction is when you or your healthcare provider brings labor on instead of waiting for it to happen naturally. It can be done for medical reasons, for an overdue baby, or if the baby is old ...

Sometimes your baby needs to arrive before your body gets the memo. When that happens, your provider may recommend an induction – using medicine or other techniques to help labor get started.

Findings conflict with previous national trial results: Women who underwent elective induction were more likely to have a cesarean birth compared with those who underwent expectant management (30% ...

H.L. is a 25-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 1-0-0-0 admitted to the birth unit at 38 and 6/7 weeks' gestation for induction of labor because of an obstetric history of a previous intrauterine fetal ...