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Induced Labor Doubles Odds Of Having A C-section

Saturday, July 30th, 2011
Expecting mothers who induce labor are 1/3 more likely to require a c-section, according to a recent study.

Expecting mothers who induce labor are 1/3 more likely to require a c-section, according to a recent study.

Not many mothers look forward to having a c-section. If you’re a first-time mother, and you have your labor induced, you could be upping the odds that you’ll end up having a c-section to deliver your baby. And without affordable family insurance, a first-time mother could find the costs of a C-Section to be much more prohibitive than a traditional delivery.

A study that involved 7,800 first-time mothers, revealed that those mothers whose labor was induced rather than having it start naturally were twice as likely to need the assistance of a c-section to deliver their babies. An estimated 44% of the women in the study had their labor induced. Research data estimated that 20% of those who ended up having a c-section were failed induction attempts.

The rates of women who are having their labor induced are rising as is the number of women who require a c-section. Labor inductions have risen almost 23% as of 2006. In 2007, c-sections were performed on almost 1/3 of all U.S. births.

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