Sometimes your baby needs to arrive before your body gets the memo. When that happens, your provider may recommend an induction – using medicine or other techniques to help labor get started.

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 ...

Doctors are being advised not to induce labor for non-medical reasons prior to 39 weeks into a pregnancy under revised guidelines released today by the nation's association of obstetricians and ...

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