New catheter aims to make labor induction easier and safer

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women aged ≥18 and ≤56 years * An unripe cervix, ≤6 points according to the Bishop assessment (0-10 point scale) * Planned induction of labor by mechanical balloon catheter method * Examples of diagnoses as the basis for labor induction: * Post-term pregnancy (≥41 weeks of gestation) * Maternal request for labor induction * Gestational diabetes * Preeclampsia (with blood pressure \<150/100) * Well-controlled hypertension * Cholestasis of pregnancy * Humanitarian or psychosocial reasons * Gestational age at the time of the study ≥ 37 weeks (gestational age confirmed by ultrasound before the 21st week of pregnancy) * Singleton pregnancy * Cephalic presentation * The subject understands the study information and signs the consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Preterm induction of labor (\<37 weeks of gestation) * Pathological CTG at inclusion * Spontaneous rupture of membranes at inclusion * Clinically significant vaginal bleeding with need of hospitalization in the third trimester * Clinically active vaginal or uterine infection * Maternal HIV, hepatitis C, or hepatitis B * Uterine scar (including previous cesarean section) * Condition of the fetus or mother requiring immediate delivery * Presence of eclampsia * Severe Pre-eclampsia (Blood pressure ≥160/110 and any of the following: low platelet count (\<100 × 10 9/L), HELLP, progressive renal insufficiency, pulmonary edema) * Severe fetal growth restriction (FGR, fetal growth \< -2 SD) * Estimated fetal weight ≥ 2SD or ≥ 95th percentile * Breech or transverse fetal position * Multiple pregnancy * Vasa previa or placenta previa * Umbilical cord prolapse * Maternal refusal to participate in the study and/or insufficient language skills to understand the study information and/or consent form