A new review including over 100 clinical trials has found that 13 common methods for medically inducing labor are similarly ...

Pitocin is the synthetic brand name of the labor hormone, Oxytocin. May 10, 2013— -- After delivering over 1000 babies as Board-certified ob-gyn, many of these babies with the use of Pitocin, I ...

A new review including over 100 clinical trials has found that no induction method was clearly effective than low-dose vaginal misoprostol, although some methods were less effective and safety ...

9. NOW TO A DRUG SHORTAGE IMPACTING EXPECTANT MOTHERS. RIGHT NOW, THERE’S A NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE OF OXYTOCIN. IT’S ALSO BY THE BRAND NAME PITOCIN. THE MEDICATION IS CRITICAL FOR EXPECTANT AS IT HELPS ...

Medically reviewed by Alyssa Dweck, MS, MD, FACOG Key Points Labor induction can take a few hours or a few days depending on ...

Initiating labor in a pregnant woman without contractions seems to be a simple way to explain induction of labor. For many women, induction is becoming increasingly more common. In fact, induction has ...

When a healthy, petite, 21-year-old pregnant Mississippi woman approached her due date, the physician instructed her to choose a date for her labor to be induced. She offered no medical justification ...