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.

Randomized clinical trials have shown that induction of labour does not result in higher caesarean delivery rates in women who are postterm. Despite this evidence, the policy of inducing women who are ...

Individuals receiving maximum oxytocin doses have elevated risk for cesarean delivery and postpartum hemorrhage, but the risks are attenuated in those with elevated BMI.

A Canadian population-based cohort study has revealed that medical induction of labor increases the risk of amniotic-fluid embolism. The study was led by Dr. Michael Kramer, Canadian Institutes of ...

The headlines linking labor induction and autism risk are splashy--aren't they always with "autism linked to" stories? My favorite misstatement of the research is in this headline from Bloomberg: ...

Obstetricians have suspected for some time that jump-starting labor ups the chances that a woman will have a Cesarean delivery. WHYY reports on a new study that puts numbers to that risk.

Pregnancy can feel exciting and challenging all at once. When it's time to give birth, there are many things to consider. You may have a specific birth plan, while the baby has another. It's normal ...

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 ...

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 ...