Pregnant women in England will be inducted when they are just ONE week overdue

Pregnant women in England will be inducted when they are just ONE week overdue regnant women will be offered induction when they are just one week overdue under new medical guidelines to cut the risk of stillbirths.

Babies are due at about 40 weeks, and currently women are offered induction on the NHS if they do not go into labour naturally by 42 weeks.

But the health watchdog yesterday said that this should be decreased to 41 weeks to cut the risk of death and complications. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Inducing labour guideline [NG207] NICE