Living in Los Angeles, being 40 years old and pregnant is certainly not an anomaly. The only place it is ...

A new review including over 100 clinical trials has found that 13 common methods for medically inducing labor are similarly effective, but their safety profiles differ according to clinical context.

Evidence shows medical induction after 41 weeks does not raise C-section or intervention rates, easing concerns about a “cascade” of procedures ...

A new review including over 100 clinical trials has found that no induction method was clearly effective than low-dose ...

Being induced in the early morning can shorten labour by several hours by matching uterine contractions up with the body’s natural circadian rhythms ...

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.

By matching uterine contractions up with the body’s natural circadian rhythms, inducing labour in the early morning is linked to shorter labour and fewer emergency C-sections ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although acupuncture is promoted as a way to induce labor in women who go past their due date, a new study adds to evidence doubting its usefulness. Researchers found that ...

There's fashionably late, and then there's downright rude. At least that seems to be the way full-term pregnancies are viewed by nearly everyone, from the soon-to-be parents themselves to friends, ...

A pregnant mom's attempt to induce labor has gone viral for sourcing an unlikely candidate. At 39 weeks pregnant, Lizzy Harmon Beshea was doing "any and everything" to go into labor naturally. The ...

(AP) The biggest study of its kind suggests autism might be linked with inducing and speeding up labor, preliminary findings that need investigating since labor is induced in increasing numbers of U.S ...