The subjects of ‘post-term’ pregnancy and induction of labour have been close to my heart for a long while, and were the topic of my PhD thesis (2008). This post lists all of the resources on this topic that are…
A study has looked at birthing outcomes of 323 women who used castor oil as part of an attempt to induce their labour, with interesting results. The study was carried out in the US where, in contrast to countries like…
I love it when people remind me of brilliant ideas and analogies that I had forgotten. A couple of weeks ago, one of my post-term pregnancy online course participants reminded me of the wonderful and well-loved midwife Mary Cronk’s analogy…
Two more research studies have added to the concern that women who undergo induction of labour are more likely to end up with a caesarean section than if their labour began naturally. The first, an analysis of the outcomes of…
“Many individuals do not behave according to statistical means, and population models will fit them poorly.” – J Christopher Glantz This quote is taken from a paper that I chose as my ‘study of the month’ in the February…
A study published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica might be helpful to women who are frustrated by the discrepancy between their own due date (as calculated by the date of their last period) and that calculated through ultrasound scanning.…
A few weeks ago, an obstetric colleague send me an email with a link to the Cochrane review on High-dose versus low-dose oxytocin infusion regimens for induction of labour at term with a note pointing me to the first line…
I’ve always been proud of the fact that I was one of the four per cent of babies who was born on their due date, although I’m not really sure why. I am so proud of this fact that I…
I noted in the first part of this article that the past few years have seen a trend towards recommending early induction for older women. The definition of older, however, along with the definitions of other key factors in this…
