Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with expectant management, inducing labor at 39 weeks’ gestation may be cost-effective for nulliparas ...

In preparation for the birth of your baby, your cervix effaces (thins and stretches) and dilates (opens) so your baby can fit through the birth canal. This cervical ripening can begin days or even ...

Nulliparas with live-born, singleton gestations ⩾37 weeks in spontaneous or induced labor were analyzed from the Consortium on Safe Labor database in a retrospective observational study.

H.L. is a 25-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 1-0-0-0 admitted to the birth unit at 38 and 6/7 weeks' gestation for induction of labor because of an obstetric history of a previous intrauterine fetal ...

Cervical examination is relatively contraindicated in women with preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM), limiting our ability to determine the onset of labor by traditional definition ...