| If due to any reason labor does not start on | | | | 3. Oxytocin: With Oxytocin, pain can be |
| its due date, then the doctors use medication | | | | progressed too quickly. However, if the |
| for inducing pain. It is a kind of artificial | | | | contractions become too strong with it, then |
| treatment done for childbirth. Usually, it is | | | | it is advised to discontinue its consumption. |
| done when it is found unsafe for the baby to | | | | Drugs like Pitocin and Syntocinon (forms of |
| be in the mother's uterus. However, doctors | | | | Oxytocin) given at low doses through IV |
| do not recommend it, if there are signs of | | | | stimulates contractions. |
| false pain. | | | | |
| | | | Advantages Of Induce Labor |
| Reasons For Inducing Labor | | | | |
| | | | In spite of complications, many individuals |
| In case, when complications like heart | | | | prefer it, because there are many advantages |
| disease, hypertension or gestational diabetes | | | | of it. Some of them are listed below: |
| develops. | | | | |
| | | | Monitoring heart rate along with access to |
| If bleeding during pregnancy occurs. | | | | baby's scalp is possible. |
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| In case the baby is not getting sufficient | | | | Labor time is shortened by an hour. |
| oxygen and nutrients from the placenta. | | | | |
| | | | With the induce labor, examination of |
| If the pregnancy goes beyond 42 weeks, then | | | | amniotic fluid can be done, which reflects |
| self-induced labor is opted. After 42 weeks | | | | the presence of meconium. Meconium can reveal |
| period, the baby is at the risk, because the | | | | the sign of fetal distress. |
| supply of nutrients from the placenta is | | | | |
| decreased gradually after this stage of | | | | Does The Process Hurt? |
| pregnancy. | | | | |
| | | | No, the procedure does not hurt at all. These |
| In case chorioamnionitis occurs. It is a kind | | | | days, it is becoming more popular than |
| of infection inside the uterus. | | | | natural labor. |
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| In case the amniotic sac has broken and the | | | | What Will Happen If The Process Fails To |
| pain has not started within 48 hours. | | | | Work? |
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| Natural pain is the best way of delivering | | | | With induce labor, the labor starts |
| baby. However, when delivery needs some | | | | developing, and there are very less chances |
| mediation, then doctor's use this technique. | | | | of its failure. If the water of pregnant |
| There are many ways of performing it like: | | | | women breaks, then nothing else can be done. |
| | | | However, if the baby's health or the mothers |
| 1. Amniotomy: The doctors break the amniotic | | | | health is at the risk with induce labor, then |
| sac with a plastic hook. With this technique | | | | use of C-section can be needed. |
| of breaking water, the effort generally | | | | |
| begins in few hours. | | | | Induce labor is needed when the doctor finds |
| | | | it necessary to get the delivery sooner than |
| 2. Prostaglandin: A gel is inserted into the | | | | later. When the pregnancy goes beyond the due |
| vagina to soften the cervix for delivery. It | | | | date, then self induce labor is recommended |
| can be also in form of a tablet. Moving | | | | by the medical practitioner rather than |
| around the room is beneficial with this | | | | natural labor. Get more information by |
| method of induce labor. | | | | clicking on pregnancy. |
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