Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you are past your due date, your health care provider might offer you a membrane sweep. Learn what a membrane sweep is and what ...

This Women's Health Week, we spoke with Dr. Vidanka Vasilevski from the Center for Quality and Patient Safety Research within Deakin's Institute for Health Transformation about her research published ...

A new national study has found that inducing labor in first-time mothers at 39 weeks can help prevent cesarean births and high blood pressure. The University of Texas Medical Branch participated in ...

Labor induction is one of the most common medical procedures in the world, with nearly one-quarter of women who deliver in the U.S. undergoing the procedure each year (totaling roughly 1 million).

A surprising new study finds first-time healthy moms may be able to safely shorten their pregnancies to avoid complications. The research finds inducing labor at 39 weeks resulted in lower rates of ...

From 2016 to 2024, there was an increase in labor induction rates across all maternal age groups and across all six race and Hispanic origin groups, according to a March data brief published by the ...

No two deliveries, induced or not, are exactly alike. Here's what to know about induction and the factors that can affect when you'll give birth. Medically reviewed by Kiarra King, M.D. In many ...

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 ...