Use of epidurals also on the rise ...

Among 20,215 deliveries, 16.9% were to individuals with normal weight, 43.1% to those with overweight, 35.1% to those with class I-II obesity, and 4.9% to those with class III obesity, with maximum ...

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 ...

Sometimes your baby needs to arrive before your body gets the memo. When that happens, your provider may recommend an induction – using medicine or other techniques to help labor get started.

If you're facing an induction, you're not alone – and there's no one-size-fits-all experience. If you need some help getting your labor going (or keeping it going), you may be given a drug called ...

For women who remain pregnant beyond 39 weeks, common clinical practice has been based largely on observational studies comparing labor induction with spontaneous labor. New research findings are ...

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 ...