Thursday 21 November 2019

Inducing labour at 41 weeks could save lives, new research claims

Inducing labour at 41 weeks could save lives, new research claims Pregnant women should be induced earlier to reduce baby deaths, a new study has found, as researchers call for the end of a ‘wait and see’ approach.

The study, done in conjunction with hospitals and academics across Sweden, concluded that pregnant women should not be offered induction later than 41 weeks.

During the course of the trial which involved almost 3,000 women between 2016 and 2018, six babies died after labour was induced at or beyond 42 weeks of pregnancy. The Telegraph 

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