In preparation for the birth of your baby, your cervix effaces (thins and stretches) and dilates (opens) so your baby can fit through the birth canal. This cervical ripening can begin days or even ...

Since the beginning of science, doctors and researchers have been trying to discover as much as possible about the human body, and many groundbreaking advances have been made in the diagnosis and ...

Stitches commonly used to sew up a pregnant woman’s cervix and prevent early labor can backfire — dramatically increasing her risk of premature labor and pregnancy loss. A specific type of thick, ...

IN obstetric practice, it is acknowledged that a significant number of patients, without apparent cause, repeatedly terminate their pregnancies between the early part of the middle trimester and the ...

Elective induction of labor in first-time mothers with an unfavorable cervix increased the rate of cesarean deliveries compared with women who received expectant management in a randomized clinical ...

To investigate the relationship between cervical length (CL) at 37 to 40 weeks and delivery within 7 days and delivery by 41 weeks. We performed transvaginal ultrasound to measure CL in women with ...

Doctors may recommend inducing labor to protect the health of the pregnant person or the baby, especially if the pregnancy goes past term. Medical procedures to induce labor include cervical ripening, ...

A prospective British ultrasound study has reported an eightfold increase in the risk for cervical scarring in mothers who have cesarean delivery (CD) during advanced labor. Postnatal ultrasound ...

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 ...

Labor induction, also known as inducing labor, is the jumpstarting of uterine contractions before natural labor occurs, with the goal of a healthy vaginal delivery. Healthcare providers, doctors, and ...

If labor doesn’t start on its own, doctors and midwives can use different techniques to get it started so you can give birth. This is called inducing labor, and there are different reasons for doing ...