Depending on your health and the health of the pregnancy, doctors may choose to induce labor anytime after 39 weeks.

We commend Jason Gardosi and colleagues’ trial,1 which suggests that inducing labour at 38+0 to 38+4 weeks of gestation can reduce the risk of shoulder dystocia compared with expectant management in ...

Induction of labor is a routinely applied obstetric intervention designed to stimulate uterine contractions when delaying delivery poses a risk to maternal or neonatal health. A range of cervical ...

Unfavorable Cervix Subgroup In one trial with 100 women, there was no difference in caesarean deliveries between women who received castor oil or no treatment. [40] Summary: Compared with no treatment ...

The relative risk of major complications from the use of misoprostol to induce labor, when used as currently recommended by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, compared with other ...

While prenatal care often takes center stage, understanding what to expect during labor, delivery and the early days of ...

With induction of labor becoming more routine, the likelihood of further intervention increases. This is called the "cascade of interventions," where one intervention trips the wire for each ...

If your labour is being induced, it can feel a little different from what you imagined. You might have questions or even worries about how it will go, and that’s completely normal. The main thing to ...

We thank all correspondents for their interest in our Article.1 Anne N Blaauwgeers and colleagues suggest that our lower eligibility criterion for fetuses suspected to be large for gestational age ...