Info from UpToDate:✔️The 2 major techniques for cervical ripening:➡️mechanical interventions, such as insertion of a balloon catheter or, less commonly, hygroscopic cervical dilators➡️pharmacologic agents, such as prostaglandins✔️Patients with unfavorable cervixes are candidates for cervical ripening. ➡️Compared with use of oxytocin alone, cervical ripening probably increases the chances of achieving vaginal birth within 24 hours and does not increase, and may decrease, the risk for cesarean bir