Sentences with phrase «of elective induction»

The major risk of elective induction is that your baby may not be ready to be born.

Looking behind the Curtain A recent study of elective induction at term purports to show that it would reduce perinatal mortality without affecting spontaneous birth rates, although it would increase admission to a special neonatal care unit if done before 41 weeks, which contradicts the current belief that elective delivery at 39 weeks poses no excess risk.

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

When things aren't fine I don't want an expert in «normal birth» (things are fine) I want an expert in 1) proactively making sure things will be fine [so, someone who might suggest I reduce my risk of c - section by choosing an elective induction and then supporting my choice either way] and 2) reactively getting the baby out NOWNOWNOW if that turns out to be needed.

Elective induction offers the satisfaction of knowing your baby's birth date in advance, but it might not go as planned.

Because of these risks, some hospitals do not offer or limit elective inductions.

All EHE advisers are subject to a programme of induction which includes the legal framework within which Elective Home Education sits.

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

The data relate to pregnancies that received maternity care from one of fifteen hospitals in the former North West Thames Regional Health Authority Area in England, and which resulted in a live or stillbirth in the years 1988 — 2000 inclusive, excluding «high - risk» pregnancies, unplanned home births, pre-term births, elective Caesareans and medical inductions.

Because they are clearly biased, and out of the three I've seen I've been very unhappy with their intended approach, one even talked of inducing me early during a first trimester visit when even some of the hospitals are refusing elective inductions now.

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

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

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.

Fleur Bickford: With an elective induction, usually the biggest impact is the fact that often we have an early baby, so inductions are usually scheduled sooner rather than later, sometimes they are scheduled because there is an issue with the baby, the baby needs to be delivered a little bit early, sometimes there is fear that the baby is going to be too big, and of course, the ultrasounds results can often be off, so we do frequently end up with a baby who is a little bit pre-term, and these late pre-term babies are not really premature, but they are not full term either.

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.

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.

Lower rates of preeclampsia and gestational hypertension in the elective induction group (9 %) as compared to the expectant management group (14 %)

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.