Inducing labor prior to 39 weeks' gestation increases the risk of caesarean section, according to a study in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reuters reports.
Christopher Glantz at the University of Rochester School of Medicine found that induced labor resulted in one to two c-sections per 25 inductions that could have been avoided by waiting for natural labor. Glantz said that the additional c-sections can quickly add up to tens of thousands of unnecessary procedures, which carry the risk of infection, bleeding, blood clots and injury to other organs.
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