Between 1989 and 1997, the percentage of induced labors in the United States doubled, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Before induction,...

What’s involved in inducing labor? Many obstetricians and some midwives recommend inducing labor if you are near or at full-term, and they think the...

It is becoming more common for hospitals to use Cytotec (misoprostol or prostaglandin E1) to ripen a woman's cervix and induce labor. Cytotec is...

Several of my friends have had babies and ALL have been induced. This seems very peculiar to me. If birth is a natural process...

My doctor has suggested an induction at 40 weeks for a variety of reasons -- all having to do with my convenience. Is induction...

I am now three weeks past my due date and I am swelling. I am concerned because I almost lost my previous child due...

I'm not tall -- about 5 feet two inches -- but I have been told that my pelvis seems to be adequate to give...

I am 10 days past due and scheduled for an induction. (My cervix has not thinned out at all.) I am a little apprehensive...

I am two weeks past my due date and would like to help things along "naturally" by making love. Any ideas? ...