Castor oil was first noted to have oxytocic properties by ancient Egyptians. Derived from the castor plant Ricinus communis, castor oil may possess properties that are useful are in post-term pregnancies This study was performed at Khatam-Alanbia, hospital in shoushtar city in 1381.In this clinical trail 80 pregnant women, who had indication for induction of labor at term were randomly assigned...

Background: An increasing success in induction of labor and subsequent termination of pregnancy in presence of unfavorable cervix requires cervical ripening in order to reduce complications and to diminish the rate of cesarean sections as well as the duration of labor.  However, there is no consensus on the efficiency of conventional methods for cervical ripening. Objective: To determine and co...

hile the overwhelming majority of pregnancies terminate safely, in some instances, however, early termination of pregnancy becomes desirable. Termination of pregnancy by medical or surgical methods, especially in the presence of unfavorable cervix may lead to additional difficulties and complications. Cervical ripening, before induction of labor, is needed to increase the success of labor induc...

Does induction of labor (IOL) increase the rate Cesarean section? This is not an uncommon question, and it impossible to provide answer. because question incomplete. The complete would be: associated with a higher section compared …….? answer depends on what filled in gap. If spontaneous labor, IOL consistently observed be than those women labor.1, 2 gap by ‘expectant management’, there increas...