The Art of Winning in Labor Induction

We all what to win in life, right? That’s why we have life hacks…to beat the system. Sometimes those tricks are tremendously successful while some other random hack can be- well, just WACK. Such is the case for LABOR HACKS! We all want our inductions and augmentations of labor to be successful, and there have been some labor hacks promoted throughout the years. But is there evidence of their effectiveness? Is a Pitocin break effective at kickstarting the uterus back up? We will cover that in this episode. PLUS, we will highlight two new publications, both from AJOG MFM which have just been released (September 2024; October 2024): Can “pretreatment” with calcium help with labor? What about the use of propranolol? Listen in for details.