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.

For obese pregnant women, elective induction of labor at 39 to 41 weeks of gestation may be a better choice than expectant management, the results of a study suggest. Compared with expectant ...

Induction of labor is a routinely applied obstetric intervention designed to stimulate uterine contractions when delaying delivery poses a risk to maternal or neonatal health. A range of cervical ...

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 ...

She says she was curb walking at 38 weeks to encourage labor when a neighbor called the police and an officer showed up to check on her. You’ll learn what curb walking is, why people try it, and how a ...