Sentences with phrase «elective labor induction»

Elective labor induction is the initiation of labor for convenience in a person with a term pregnancy who doesn't medically need the intervention.

Simpson, K., G. Newman, and O. Chirino, Patients» perspectives on the role of prepared childbirth education in decision making regarding elective labor induction.

Elective labor inductions might be appropriate in some instances.

Several hospital accreditation groups, such as Leapfrog and JCAHO, have introduced incentives for hospitals to reduce the number of elective labor inductions before 40 weeks.

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Avoiding elective induction of labor before 41 completed weeks of gestation is a major recommendation.

A more helpful study would randomize women to elective induction or spontaneous labor and then compare subsequent postpartum mood disorders.

Elective Induction of Labor: A Risk Factor for Cesarean Delivery Reducing the Risks for Cesarean 15.

Fit Pregnancy reports first - time mothers who are induced have higher rates of cesareans than those who aren't induced citing a study in which 12 percent of mothers who went into labor on their own needed a C - section while 23.4 percent of those who are medically induced did and 23.8 percent of those who chose elective induction did.

For me, I was so naive, I went in and I was ready to have my baby that day, because I felt like I was done being pregnant, so I chose the elective induction, which turned into a very long route with Pitocin, then breaking my water, which turned into an epidural, and eventually my 18 hour labor.

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In a study with more than 6,100 pregnant women across the country, researchers randomly assigned half of the women to an expectant management group (waiting for labor to begin on its own and intervening only if problems occur) and the other half to a group that would undergo an elective induction (inducing labor without a medical reason) at 39 weeks of gestation.

While medical induction can be necessary, many of these cases are simply elective and induction alters the important and delicate hormones that occur during labor and birth.