If the baby has still not been delivered by week 41 or 42, the doctor will probably induce labor.

Your doctor might induce labor if:

A hired "doctor" induced alcoholism, malnutrition, and a general deterioration in health, including boils.

The doctor could have induced the zombies to fight one another, which would have made a nicely Romeroesque comment on the human condition.

There's also a chance (about 4%) that the baby might flip back into a breech position before delivery, so some doctors induce labor immediately.

If it is later in the pregnancy and the fetus has died in the womb, the doctor may induce labor and delivery.

If labor does not occur naturally during this time frame, doctors may induce labor to prevent infections and delivery complications.

Jim refuses to allow the doctors to induce labor in order to use the stem cells from the cord blood to save Lizzie's life.

Before the 39th week of pregnancy, doctors should not perform a Caesarean section or induce labor unless medically necessary.

Dr. Bartha remains in a coma that doctors induced to help his chances of recovery.