Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * • Third trimester of pregnancy defined as 28 0/7 weeks or more * Singleton pregnancy * Age 18-45 * Induction of labor initiated for medical or obstetrical reason or electively over 39 weeks of gestation * No contraindication to vaginal delivery * Reassuring fetal heart rate tracing * Able and willing to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * • Does not read or write in English or Spanish * Unable or unwilling to give informed consent * Use of antibiotic or antiviral agent within the last 7 days * Evidence of active infection at the time of initiation of induction (patients with rectovaginal group B streptococcus positive results will be allowed to participate as it is a colonizing organism, unless they show evidence of active infection) * Incarcerated Women * Active substance abuse * Age \< 18