Inducing Labour: making informed decisions

Forlagets beskrivelse: A superb book written by midwife Sara Wickham which considers and questions the issues around inducing labour, providing answers to questions that women are repeatedly asking of AIMS. (This book replaces the booklet Induction: Do I Really Need It? previously available from AIMS). The book is divided into three sections, the first about what induction involves. The second part then looks at helping women to decide what is right for them when making decisions about induction. This section is also aimed at health professionals and others providing support to women when guiding them through the decision making process, enabling them to understand the risks and benefits of induction and the full range of alternatives. The final section provides a summary and discussion of research evidence, or lack of it. This section looks at all the possibilities for when medical induction is or may be used, or indeed avoided. The book includes references and an index.

Indhold: What Does Induction Involve? (A quick introduction to spontaneous labour ; How is labour induced medically? ; Vaginal examination ; Failed induction ; Where does induction take place? ; Does the time of day or night matter? ; Induction and monitoring ; Comparing spontaneous labour and induced labour) ; Making Decisions About Induction (Questions you make want to ask ; It is not the law! ; How to contact a Supervisor of Midwives) ; Induction -- The Evidence (When do the NICE guidelines recommend NOT inducing? ; Maternally requested induction ; Induction after a baby has died ; Induction after previous caesarean section ; Induction of labour in women with diabetes ; Induction in twin (or more!) pregnancies ; Induction for other obstetric or nedical reasons ; Induction for prolonged pregnancy ; Induction after the water break ; Induction of labour in older women ; Non-medical induction of labour) ; A Final Word