Editing Labor induction (section)

== Women's experiences ==
Women often do not receive clear and detailed information about the process of labor induction, its benefits and risks.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Roberts |first1=Julie |last2=Evans |first2=Kerry |last3=Spiby |first3=Helen |last4=Evans |first4=Catrin |last5=Pallotti |first5=Phoebe |last6=Eldridge |first6=Jeanette |date=15 January 2020 |title=Women's information needs, decision-making and experiences of membrane sweeping to promote spontaneous labour |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0266613819303171 |journal=Midwifery |language=en |volume=83 |pages=102626 |doi=10.1016/j.midw.2019.102626|pmid=31954296 }}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite journal |last1=Coates |first1=Rose |last2=Cupples |first2=Georgina |last3=Scamell |first3=Amanda |last4=McCourt |first4=Christine |date=1 November 2018 |title=Women's experiences of induction of labour: Qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0266613818303115 |journal=Midwifery |language=en |volume=69 |pages=17–28 |doi=10.1016/j.midw.2018.10.013|pmid=30390463 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=von Dadelszen |first1=Peter |last2=Tohill |first2=Susan |last3=Wade |first3=Julie |last4=Hutcheon |first4=Jennifer A. |last5=Scott |first5=Janet |last6=Green |first6=Marcus |last7=Thornton |first7=James G. |last8=Magee |first8=Laura A. |last9=the WILL Pilot Trial Study Group |date=2022-11-21 |title=Labor induction information leaflets—Do women receive evidence-based information about the benefits and harms of labor induction? |journal=Frontiers in Global Women's Health |volume=3 |doi=10.3389/fgwh.2022.936770 |doi-access=free |issn=2673-5059 |pmc=9719962 |pmid=36479232}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite journal |last1=Coates |first1=Dominiek |last2=Goodfellow |first2=Alison |last3=Sinclair |first3=Lynn |date=24 January 2020 |title=Induction of labour: Experiences of care and decision-making of women and clinicians |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1871519219302318 |journal=Women and Birth |language=en |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=e1–e14 |doi=10.1016/j.wombi.2019.06.002|pmid=31208865 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> For example women might not know how long the process will last, how long they need to stay in the hospital and how strong the pain caused by the procedure would be.<ref name=":8" /> Providing up-to-date information about the procedure allows women to make an informed choice and give an [[informed consent]] or refuse the induction.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Coates |first1=Dominiek |last2=Makris |first2=Angela |last3=Catling |first3=Christine |last4=Henry |first4=Amanda |last5=Scarf |first5=Vanessa |last6=Watts |first6=Nicole |last7=Fox |first7=Deborah |last8=Thirukumar |first8=Purshaiyna |last9=Wong |first9=Vincent |last10=Russell |first10=Hamish |last11=Homer |first11=Caroline |date=2020-01-29 |editor-last=Mastrolia |editor-first=Salvatore Andrea |title=A systematic scoping review of clinical indications for induction of labour |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=e0228196 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0228196 |doi-access=free |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=6988952 |pmid=31995603|bibcode=2020PLoSO..1528196C }}</ref><ref name=":9" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Rydahl |first1=Eva |last2=Eriksen |first2=Lena |last3=Juhl |first3=Mette |date=February 2019 |title=Effects of induction of labor prior to post-term in low-risk pregnancies: a systematic review |journal=JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports |language=en |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=170–208 |doi=10.11124/JBISRIR-2017-003587 |issn=2202-4433 |pmc=6382053 |pmid=30299344}}</ref>

Many women reported feeling that they were not [[Shared decision-making in medicine|involved in making the decision]] whether to induce labor and that this decision is made for them instead.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lou |first1=Stina |last2=Hvidman |first2=Lone |last3=Uldbjerg |first3=Niels |last4=Neumann |first4=Lone |last5=Jensen |first5=Trine Fritzner |last6=Haben |first6=Joke-Gesine |last7=Carstensen |first7=Kathrine |date=18 December 2018 |title=Women's experiences of postterm induction of labor: A systematic review of qualitative studies |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/birt.12412 |journal=Birth |language=en |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=400–410 |doi=10.1111/birt.12412 |pmid=30561053 |issn=0730-7659|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Others reported feeling forgotten or alone in relation to the procedure, not being listened to and the severity of their pain being questioned. Some reported feeling they did not have a choice other than vaginal delivery but others reported being able to choose the date of induction and the method of giving birth.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":02">{{Cite journal |date=27 March 2024 |title=Maternity services: research can improve safety and quality of care |url=https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/collection/maternity-services-research-can-improve-safety-and-quality-of-care/ |journal=NIHR Evidence |publisher=National Institute for Health and Care Research |doi=10.3310/nihrevidence_62672|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Even though women reported seeing hospitals as a safe place for labor induction and giving birth, for some it is also considered an anxiety-inducing setting where they are restricted and not allowed to move around or see family members.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":02" />