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

Alternative methods (such as acupuncture and herbal supplements). We wanted to know the most effective and safest labour induction method for pregnant women at or after 37 weeks with a live baby.

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

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 ...

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In the first study of its kind, researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin have shown that it is safe for first-time mothers to spend the first 24 ...

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

The authors found that women allocated to extra-amniotic F2α prostaglandins were more likely to be not vaginally delivered within 24 hours than women receiving vaginal misoprostol (1 trial, 152 women, ...

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 ...

Background: Rates of labour induction are increasing. We conducted this systematic review to assess the evidence supporting use of each method of labour induction. Methods: We listed methods of labour ...