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For example if a week or more passes after the due date and the baby does not come doctors may need to start or induce labor. This gives your baby the time she needs to grow and develop before birth.
However we prefer to let you go into labor spontaneously.
Reasons to induce labor at 39 weeks. You might consider induction at 39 weeks to reduce the risk of certain health problems. Healthy women whose labor is induced at 39 weeks may have lower rates of preeclampsia and gestational hypertension than women who do not have induction at 39 weeks. Labor induction also known as inducing labor is the stimulation of uterine contractions during pregnancy before labor begins on its own to achieve a vaginal birth.
Your health care provider might recommend inducing labor for various reasons primarily when theres concern for a mothers health or a babys health. For some women inducing labor is the best way to keep mom and baby healthy. Inducing labor should be for medical reasons only.
If there are medical reasons to induce your labor talk to your provider about waiting until at least 39 weeks of pregnancy. This gives your baby the time she needs to grow and develop before birth. Babies are due after 40 weeks of gestation but evidence suggests that infant mortality and complications are lowest for those delivered at 39 weeks when a fetus is considered full term.
Some obstetricians have recommended inducing labor at 39 weeks to reduce the risk of complications. But the practice isnt routine. The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG now recommends elective induced labor should not occur before 39 weeks gestation in response to current research evidence showing decreased fetal outcomes in induced labors and doubled risks of cesarean section.
You also might have an elective induction for logistical reasons if you live far away from the hospital or know you have very rapid labors for example. In those situations your healthcare provider should wait until youre at least 39 weeks to schedule. The typical pregnancy lasts 40 weeks which is a long time for the woman enduring it.
If labor hasnt started by 42 weeks a healthcare professional will induce labor. After 42 weeks the baby is at risk due to a deteriorating placenta. Most medical professionals however schedule an induction if labor has not begun by the 40th week.
Cholestasis of Pregnancy. This is where the bile duct is blocked. Women often have a rashitchiness on belly and abdomen.
Your doctor would then order bile salts tested to see if that is the issue. Because there is a high incidence of stillbirths depending on the severity of you blockage they can induce at 37 weeks. After Lockwood found that recent studies suggest that elective inductions at 39 weeks decrease Caesarean delivery rates and might reduce the rate of.
Situations to induce labor are. When breaking of water takes place and your labor doesnt begin on its own. During these cases you will be induced to lessen the risk of infection to the uterus and also to your baby premature rupture of membranes.
Sometimes there are medical reasons for a woman to deliver her baby before naturally going into labor. For example if a week or more passes after the due date and the baby does not come doctors may need to start or induce labor. Or if the woman or her baby is at risk doctors may need to deliver the baby by Cesarean delivery or C-section.
The reason for that is because if your cervix is not ready there can be an increased risk for cesarean sections. If youve had a previous vaginal delivery we will consider inducing labor at 39 weeks. However we prefer to let you go into labor spontaneously.
Once you get to 42 weeks we typically recommend delivery 2. Choosing to induce labor at 39 weeks reduces risk of C-sections study finds The new research contradicts a long-held belief that inductions lead to. Elective induction labor induced when there is no medical need to do so before 39 weeks is known to pose health risks for newborns.
However elective induction at 39 weeks or one week before the due date has become more common in recent years said Dr. There are good legitimate medically necessary reasons to induce. If the mom is experiencing preeclampsia if there is a dangerously low level of amniotic fluid if the moms or the babys health is threatened if there is a problem with the placenta an induction can be life-saving for mom baby or both.