Induction at 41 weeks’ gestation reduces cesarean rate
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… The risk for cesarean delivery and meconium-stained amniotic fluid is reduced by elective induction of labor at 41 weeks’ gestation …
… Women who were managed expectantly had an increased risk for cesarean delivery compared with those who underwent elective induction of labor, at an odds ratios of 1.22 and an absolute risk difference of 1.9 percent.
Further analysis showed that women at ≥41 weeks’ gestation managed expectantly had a significantly increased risk for cesarean delivery …
“… induction of labor as compared with expectant management … was associated with an approximately 20% reduction in the rate of cesarean delivery and a 50% reduction in the presence of meconium in the amniotic fluid,” …
Melissa Maimann, Essential Birth Consulting 0400 418 448