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Re: induction - Bishop Scoring System Info

From: Mary (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 21 Nov 1999 10:30:08 -0600

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> At Fri, 19 Nov 1999, carol wrote:
> >
> >I am currently 39wks pregnant and have been 2 cm for 2 wks and am now
> >80% effaced. My doctor says my cervix is favorable, I am not exactly
> >sure what that means.
>
> There is something called a Bishop's score, scoring dilatation,
> effacement, station and other factors. When dilated and effaced, the
> Bishop's score is favorable and by extension, your cervix is
> favorable... favorable to be a good induction candidate - a not too
> prolonged induction.

Here are links to the Bishop Scoring System. The first is from the Virtual Hospital (University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook) and explains the system and includes a scoring chart. The second one is from Childbirth.org and it is interactive in nature. You answer the questions and it will determine your inducibility.

Virtual Hospital: http://indy.radiology.uiowa.edu/Providers/ClinRef/FPHandbook/Chapter08/22-8. html

Childbirth.org http://www.childbirth.org/interactive/induction.html

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Mary Shoup
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