Those last few weeks of pregnancy can get seriously uncomfortable. As they navigate the imminent arrival of their child, some ...

Experts share that pregnant people may be interested in natural ways to jumpstart labor. However, they urge caution regarding castor oil. If you spend enough time in a pregnancy group or on a due date ...

Some people like being pregnant. I am not one of those people. And I remember the seemingly never-ending stretch of ...

Inducing labor for women with complications during pregnancy may be falling out of favor in the United States. National health data shows induced childbirths doubled in frequency between 1990 and 2010 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Induction of labor is a routinely applied obstetric intervention designed to stimulate uterine contractions when delaying delivery poses a risk to maternal or neonatal health. A range of cervical ...