RE: [ozmidwifery] on the subject of induction

[Mary Murphy]

So to clarify, you mean that C/S is 60% in labours with Epidural regardless of whether it was spontaneous labour or Induction? MM   Sally-Anne wrote: re IOL and c/s.two australian authors have looked at c/s with epidural block. both concluded it is around 60% with edb. both authors tracy et al and shorten and shorten (university of wollongong) found it to be at 60% not 50% and the latter researchers found this to be so regardless of whether there was IOL or not.