Pregnancy tips Labor Induction Shown To Lower C-Sections

There seems to be a lot of controversy about labor inductions and whether or not all C-Sections are necessary. This article shows that labor induction may actually lower the need for C-Sections. Read more:

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From the article:

The review results suggest that, compared with waiting, elective induction of labor at or after 41 weeks' gestation lowered Cesarean delivery risk by 22 percent. In addition, women whose labor was electively induced were half as likely to have meconium-stained amniotic fluid, which is a sign of fetal intrauterine stress.

The findings suggest that elective induction of labor may be safer than continuing pregnancy past 41 weeks, according to the researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Their study appears in the Aug. 18 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.