A new review including over 100 clinical trials has found that 13 common methods for medically inducing labor are similarly ...

A new review including over 100 clinical trials has found that no induction method was clearly effective than low-dose vaginal misoprostol, although some methods were less effective and safety ...

Many women felt insufficiently informed about the risks of induction A new study has found that two-thirds of women weren’t ...

When a healthy, petite, 21-year-old pregnant Mississippi woman approached her due date, the physician instructed her to choose a date for her labor to be induced. She offered no medical justification ...

Has your doctor suggested inducing labor? Find out when and how labor might need to be induced.

Medscape: What are the drawbacks to induced labor? Dr. Bingham: We want to make sure women are aware of the risks of induction, one of which is higher rates of hemorrhage. There is also the risk that ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pilot study results showed prophylactic antibiotic use during labor induction reduced cesarean delivery for ...