One type of induction method that you might consider is a foley bulb or cooks catheter! These two devices help to manually open the cervix by putting pressure from the inflated balloon on the cervix. They also help to stir up labor hormone prostaglandin and oxytocin. To place your provider will often use a speculum to guide the catheter through your cervix where it will sit right inside your uterus in between the cervix and your baby’s head. You have to be at least a little dilated for this to b

Here we go ⬇️ The foley is used for early induction. The flexible catheter can be slid through your dilated cervix and once it’s inside that lower portion of the uterus, the balloon on the end is filled up. Your RN then may tape/attach the other end to your inner thigh. *A cook’s catheter has 2 balloons; one on the outside and one on the inside. That full balloon (or bulb) then applies mechanical pressure (think force) on the cervix. Sometimes these are used by themselves - they may even be plac