New ACOG Guidelines for Induction Out

First, let me say, Look! There's only one entry on the page now. Much cleaner. You can still get to things you may have missed using the archive feature (scroll down and look to your right) or click "Older Posts" at the bottom.

So, ACOG has released new guidelines for inducing labor and Henci Goer is tellin' it like it is re: Misoprostol over at the Lamaze blog. I find it really stunning. Just stunning. More about induction later, I promise.

And here, something else I found today:

41 Countries Doing Better than the United States in Infant Mortality

• Korea, South
• Cuba
• Man, Isle of
• Italy
• Taiwan
• San Marino
• Greece
• Monaco
• Ireland
• Canada
• Jersey
• New Zealand
• United Kingdom
• Gibraltar
• Portugal
• Netherlands
• Luxembourg
• Guernsey
• Liechtenstein
• Australia
• Belgium
• Austria
• Denmark
• Slovenia
• Macau
• Israel
• Spain
• Switzerland
• Andorra
• Germany
• Czech Republic
• Malta
• Norway
• Anguilla
• Finland
• France
• Iceland
• Hong Kong
• Japan
• Sweden
• Singapore

From: 2008 Infant Mortality Rates