What Does A Bishop Score Of 6 Indicate?

Posted on Wed, 18 Mar 2015

Question: Hi Does a Bishops score of 6 indicate that a child should not be inducted/ induced prior to full term (36/37 wks)

Answered by Dr. Vjollce Mbiarra (31 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Detailed below

Detailed Answer:
Hi dear and thanks for your query.

Why should be induced before term?
If the Bishop score is 6 or less the chances of having a vaginal delivery are low and the cervix is said to be unfavorable or "unripe" for induction.
A simplified Bishop score using only dilation, station and effacement may be as predictive of successful induction as the original full Bishop score. A simplified Bishop score of 5 had a similar predictive value of having a successful vaginal delivery as an original Bishop score of greater than 8.
Hence if Bishop score is 6 and gestational age is 37 , should not be induced .

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj