Initiating labor in a pregnant woman without contractions seems to be a simple way to explain induction of labor. For many women, induction is becoming increasingly more common. In fact, induction has ...

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 ...

Induced labour means your doctor helps your body begin labour artificially instead of waiting for it to start on its own. To do this, medicines or other medical techniques are used to bring on ...

A doctor calculates your Bishop score, and it can tell you if induction will be successful and predict when you will enter labor. The Bishop score is a system used by medical professionals to decide ...

Our best-evidence review of the literature suggests that many commonly-recommended methods for induction of labour have important trade-offs between benefits and harms. Compared with placebo, use of ...

August 11, 2009 — Pregnant women with mild hypertensive disorders should have labor induced once they complete 37 weeks of pregnancy, according to the results of a multicenter, parallel, open-label, ...

The rise in cesarean-section deliveries in recent years has been characterized by some as a key indication of the overmedicalization of childbirth. While the procedure undoubtedly saves lives and ...

Hannah Dahlen has received funding from NHMRC and ARC in the past. Soo Downe is currently funded for research projects by the UK NIHR (ESRC), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and WHO Ank de Jonge ...

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 ...

If your doctor or midwife has concerns about your or your baby's health toward the end of your pregnancy, they might suggest speeding up the process. This is called inducing labor, or induction.