Description
Written for women and midwives, this booklet looks at the benefits and risks of inducing labour (for a variety of reasons), and discusses the research and other knowledge in this area which women will want to consider before deciding to choose a medically-started labour and birth.
Contents: reasons for inducing labour - questions you should ask - national guidelines for professionals - induction for prolonged pregnancy - dating pregnancy - dating by ultrasound - does induction save babies' lives? - induction and cesarean section - deciding about induction if your baby is overdue - induction after the waters have broken - induction of labour in diabetic women - induction at the mother's request - induction of large babies - induction in twin pregnancies - induction for other obstetric or medical reasons - the process of induction - women's stories - place of induction - cervical scoring - sweeping the membranes - prostaglandins - misoprostol / prostaglandin E1 - vaginal examinations - monitoring the baby - artificial rupture of membranes - syntocinon drip - failed induction - non-medical induction of labour - references - resources (72 pages: A5).
