Avoiding Induced Labor Is More Beneficial To Moms And Babies

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/98156.php

Highlights:

• "Studies consistently show that inducing labor almost doubles a woman's chance of having cesarean surgery."
• "A study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association examined 4.5 million births in the United States and Canada and concluded that babies born only a few weeks early-at 34 weeks through 36 weeks-were nearly 3 times more likely to die in their first year of life than full-term infants. "
• "Studies consistently show that inducing for a suspected large baby increases, rather than decreases, the incidence of cesarean birth."