Labor induction is the process or treatment that stimulates childbirth and delivery. Inducing labor can be accomplished with pharmaceutical or non-pharmaceutical methods. In Western countries, it is estimated that one-quarter of pregnant women have their labor medically induced with drug treatment.

What does induce mean pregnancy?

Inducing labor (also called labor induction) is when your health care provider gives you medicine or uses other methods to make labor start. Your labor may need to be induced if your health or your baby's health is at risk or if you're 2 weeks past your due date.

What does the word induce mean?

1a : to move by persuasion or influence. b : to call forth or bring about by influence or stimulation. 2a : effect, cause. b : to cause the formation of. c : to produce by induction induce an electric current.