The “Patient Push” for Early Birth: A Dangerous Concept or Valid Point?

by Melissa Garvey, ACNM Writer and Editor Last summer, ACOG officially revised its recommendations on elective labor induction, raising the “safe” gestational age to induce from 37 to 39 weeks. Now a study in the December 2009 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology examines women’s perceptions of the definition of full term and the safety of birth at various gestational ages. Long study short, nearly