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University of Michigan: Majority of Women Can Still Give Birth Naturally If Their Water Breaks Early
March 10, 2021
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 10 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:

About 11% of women who carry to term will experience prelabor rupture of membrane--a condition where the amniotic sac breaks open early, but labor doesn't begin.

Typically, when a woman's water breaks but labor doesn't start, labor is induced. But a new University of Michigan study found that expectant management--waiting a period of time after the wate . . .

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