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The large study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, found that elective induced labor at 39 weeks resulted in a lower likelihood of certain complications and did not result ...

Inducing labor in healthy women at 39 weeks into their pregnancy reduces the need for cesarean section and is at least as safe for mother and baby as waiting for spontaneous labor. Choosing to induce ...

NHS data suggests inducing women with uncomplicated pregnancies at 39 weeks may reduce inequalities in adverse outcomes, according to a study by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A new study suggests that many first-time mothers might want to consider an alternative to the traditional “watch and wait” approach of allowing a pregnancy to run up to 41 weeks. For ...

DOCTORS are advising women to induce their babies earlier than their due date, in a controversial strategy to prevent stillbirths. Obstetricians are advising pregnant women to reduce the risk of ...

Twenty hospitals in Louisiana where babies are delivered, including obstetrics hospitals in Baton Rouge, are voluntarily ending the practice of electively inducing a woman’s labor before her 39th week ...

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 ...

Just shaving one week off a pregnancy could make a big difference for mother and baby. In 2020, about 20,000 infants died before reaching their first birthday in the US. And while there are a number ...

The large study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, found that elective induced labor at 39 weeks resulted in a lower likelihood of certain complications and did not result ...