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Too many healthy women are having their labour induced for no identified medical reason, our study shows – The Conversation AU
Induction of labour can be life-saving in some situations. But women are increasingly induced for non-medical reasons, and earlier in their pregnancies.
Pregnant women in Australia are increasingly having their labours induced rather than giving birth spontaneously and some without good reason.
A large proportion of first time mothers (41.6%) were induced in 2018, when the latest national data were published, compared with 30.6% in 2010.
Our study, published today in BMJ Open, found the induction rates tripled for women who were 37 and 39 weeks pregnant in New South Wales in the 16 years to 2016. And 15% of new mothers were induced without a medical…
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