Tag: post-term

Routine early induction in healthy women not supported by evidence

A systematic review has concluded that induction prior to post-term is associated with few beneficial outcomes and several adverse outcomes.

A review of trials comparing induction of labour with expectant management has concluded that evidence is lacking for the recommendation to induce labour at 41 weeks instead of 42 weeks for the improvement of perinatal outcome.

In modern Western culture, most women know about induction of labour before they even become pregnant. They know that it is suggested when it is felt that it would be safer for the baby to be born than to stay…

I am so happy to be able to announce the launch of the revised and updated second edition of Inducing Labour: making informed decisions, a book which helps parents, professionals and others to understand the process and the evidence relating…

I have two pieces of news to share today! First, a new, shiny, updated version of my book Inducing Labour: making informed decisions launched on Thursday, 10th May! The new version includes discussion of new research, practice-related issues and thinking…

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…

Since I got back from our latest trip, I’ve been catching up with the research, blog posts and thinking that went on while we were away, and I found so many interesting things that I decided to write a summary…

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…

As a student midwife, I looked after a few women who were having their first baby near or around the age of 40. As far as I can recall, my mentor midwives had two main concerns. The first was the…