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"I'm ready for you baby, why won't you come?" Further discussion around the issue of post dates pregnancy and the intervention of induction of labour

Abstract:

Prolonged pregnancy (PP) continues to avoid consensus of approach amongst midwives, obstetricians and researchers. Establishing solid evidence-based practice is probably ethically beyond our reach. Midwives exist to keep birth normal; to maintain normalcy of other aspects, within any intervention process. The issue of PP is complex and the intervention not without risk. The woman’s feeling about waiting, and about choosing to end the wait, are known to be significant in the success of the management. Critical to her feelings is her understanding. In this second article on prolonged pregnancy the author discusses the associated terminology, the current understanding of the spontaneous, natural end to a pregnancy and reports on sequelae of the choice of induction to end the pregnancy when the only, and dubious, deviation is that the woman is ‘post dates’.

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cascade of intervention, induction of labour, onset of labour, overdue, post dates