Too many healthy women are having their labour induced for no identified medical reason, our study shows
ShutterstockPregnant 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,...




