Sugar rush helps first-time mums give birth quicker
A sugar rush helps first-time mums being induced have a shorter labour, a new study found.
Giving pregnant mothers an intravenous drip of glucose cuts labour by more than an hour and a quarter.
More than a fifth of all labours are induced in the UK because the baby is overdue, the labour is prolonged or if there a risk to the mother or baby’s health.
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