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.

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

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're overdue or your water breaks early, you may be looking into ways to induce labour. (Getty Images) (Prostock-Studio via ...

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 ...

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

For obese pregnant women, elective induction of labor at 39 to 41 weeks of gestation may be a better choice than expectant management, the results of a study suggest. Compared with expectant ...

No two deliveries, induced or not, are exactly alike. Here's what to know about induction and the factors that can affect ...

These pregnant mamas are eager to get things moving and grooving. There is a long list of bizarre hacks that pregnant women will try to induce labor — but this new one has experts scratching their ...

DALLAS - Diane Aulger was about two weeks from her delivery date when she and her husband decided there was no time to wait: Mark Aulger had only days to live, and he wanted to see his child. Diane ...

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 ...