ACOG Revises Labor Induction Guidelines

Midwives are applauding the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) latest revision to their labor induction guidelines. The new ACOG practice bulletin recommends avoiding labor induction before week 39 of pregnancy—an improvement over the previous 37-week recommendation.This comes on the heels of more good news: a recent study at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston found