PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Macky, Paige K. AU - Samar, Haroon AU - Conner, Stephen J. AU - Urick, Ashley L. AU - Yeager, Catherine A. AU - Tiel, Derrick J. AU - Earwood, J. Scott AU - Marshall, Bob TI - Just Pop It: Early AROM After Cervical Ripening Reduces the Time to Delivery AID - 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230344R1 DP - 2024 Mar 06 TA - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine PG - jabfm.2023.230344R1 4099 - http://www.jabfm.org/content/early/2024/03/06/jabfm.2023.230344R1.short 4100 - http://www.jabfm.org/content/early/2024/03/06/jabfm.2023.230344R1.full AB - In pregnant patients at term undergoing induction of labor, early time-based artificial rupture of membranes (AROM) within 1 hour of Foley bulb expulsion results in a shorter duration of labor by nearly 9 hours with no significant difference in cesarean delivery rates or maternal or neonatal adverse outcomes.1