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Every Week Counts Campaign Raises Awareness About Dangers of Early Induced Labor

by Laura Stampler, Posted May 9th 2011 10:00AM

Credit: Getty Images With back pain, insomnia and fingers so swollen they can barely hold a fork for the rare meal that doesn't result in massive heartburn, in the final weeks of a pregnancy, many women are ready to get that baby out ...Over the past two decades, instances of induced labor have increased by more than 13 percent, a number that is, for the most part, attributed to a risein elective, rather than medical, inductions.
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