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ELI5: Why induce labor in pregnant women past their due date instead of just letting the baby come on its own?
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1. When the baby gets too big, it can require surgery to get it out.

2. You can make less of what the baby needs.

3. What the baby is using to live (placenta) can begin to fail.

4. Insurance reasons: Since is is now standard practice to induce if you are a bit late, any complications arising when they deviate from that norm leave doctors a target for law suits.

5. Business reasons:  The doctor only takes on so many pregnant women at a time, with the assumption that most will deliver by their due date.  It messes with the practice's schedule to have a bunch of ladies going late.  This is not going to a primary reason, but if keeping the woman on her schedule can be justified medically, it is certainly a business perk as well.

6. Pregnancy is hard on the mother's body, so if she is having any significant health effects (high blood pressure, sugar level problems, etc), it might be safer for her to deliver sooner.

I think it is important to mention that there are significant risks to inducing as well.