Labor induction is a medical procedure used to start or speed up the process of childbirth. It involves the use of medical techniques or medication to initiate contractions and help the baby be born.
Full definition
If there are valid medical reasons
for labor induction, your health care provider will discuss with you the benefits of immediate delivery versus continuing the pregnancy for the health of your baby.
As labor induction is often unexpected and may be performed at an earlier point in your pregnancy than anticipated, your body may not be quite ready for labor.
This information has been developed to help you and your family understand
how labor induction works and what to expect.
A health care provider might
recommend labor induction for various reasons, primarily when there's concern for a mother's health or a baby's health.
Moreover, most series show that the frequency of uterine rupture with
labor induction in this setting is less than 1 % (144 — 146).
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.
Some studies have documented increased rates of uterine rupture in women who
undergo labor induction or augmentation.
J. Christopher Glantz MD MPH (2003)
Labor Induction Rate Variation in Upstate New York: What Is the Difference?
The Clinical Advisor
reports labor induction can lead to complications and advises against it when not medically necessary — a practice that hospitals follow less and less each year.
There is a case report of neurological complications in a post-term baby
after labor induction with a herbal blend of black cohosh and blue cohosh.
However, I'm astounded that the C - section rate is 1 in 3 and that women are now having cesarean births and
labor inductions on demand.
Their clinical courses were complicated by symptomatic relapse in 20 patients (38 %),
by labor induction to control biliary colic (8 patients), and by premature delivery in 2 patients.
Talking
about labor induction with my fuzzy uterus in hand softens the conversation and lightens an otherwise unpleasant discussion.
Also, the number of Cesarean sections dropped by 50 percent, oxytocin use for
labor induction decreased by 40 percent, forceps use by 40 percent, and the average length of labor by 25 percent.
One of the most important factors in predicting the likelihood of a
successful labor induction is how soft and distended your cervix is (cervical ripening).
Risky labor inductions for «convenience» and all the complications associated with them — increased risk of prematurity, C - section, bladder and bowel injury, and maternal death — are now on the rise all over the country.
And not only that, the study, like many before it, found that the women actually fared better at home, with far fewer interventions
like labor induction, cesarean section, and episiotomy (taking scissors to the vagina, a practice that according to the research should be obsolete but is still performed on one - third of women who give birth vaginally).
Recognizing that 38.5 % of women in our cohort had a primary cesarean delivery after induction of labor, it is tempting to assert that
avoiding labor induction could reduce the rate of primary cesarean delivery.
No well - documented study has linked meconium and castor
oil labor induction or proven that (these types of) laxatives can pass through the placenta in any form.
I am also 39.2 weeks, except i'm trying to get her out before the weekend I will be doing acupuncture for
labor induction tomorrow, followed by a long walk while sipping on labor tea.
Atkinson, M. W., Guinn, D., Owen, J., and Hauth, J. C. Does magnesium sulfate affect the length of
labor induction in women with pregnancy - associated hypertension?
Patients» Perspectives on the Role of Prepared Childbirth Education in Decision Making Regarding
Elective Labor Induction.
Very occasionally,
labor induction doesn't work, especially for first - time mothers and those whose cervix isn't effaced and dilated.
Castor Oil: Castor oil is an amazing oil, often people associate it with its use as a laxative or
labor induction method but it is actually wonderful when used topically.
According to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, while home birth is associated with fewer maternal interventions compared to a planned hospital birth (such
as labor induction and c - sections), it holds more than twice the risk for perinatal death — or death within the first week of life.
To determine
if labor induction is necessary, your health care provider will evaluate several factors, including your health, your baby's health, your baby's gestational age, weight and size, your baby's position in the uterus, and the status of your cervix.