Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Looking for natural ways to induce labor? Experts say these seven myths about inducing labor at home may not help kick-start the ...

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For the roughly 10% of women who haven't given birth by 42 weeks, inducing labor may be a viable option. In fact, depending on your health and the health of the pregnancy, doctors may choose to induce ...

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 ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – In recent years, experts have debated whether most birthing individuals would benefit from labor induction once they reach a certain stage of pregnancy. But a new statewide study in ...

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 ...

From 2016 to 2024, there was an increase in labor induction rates across all maternal age groups and across all six race and Hispanic origin groups, according to a March data brief published by the ...

Credit: Getty Images This literature review compares the effectiveness of induction of labor versus expectant management in reducing adverse perinatal and maternal outcomes for pregnant patients ...

Expectant parents wait 40 weeks for the arrival of their new baby, but what if labor was induced one week earlier? Conventional wisdom holds that inducing labor at 39 weeks would be cost-prohibitive ...

You're approaching 40 weeks and then some. You're tired, uncomfortable and miserable and you can't help but think it's time for the baby to come out. There's no dearth of advice and old wives' tales ...