For example, the Bishop score is 6 when the cervix is 1-2 cm dilated (score of 1), the position is anterior (score of 2), it’s medium consistency (score of 1), the station is –3 (score of 0) and the cervix is 60-70% effaced (score of 2).

If Bishop Score > 8, the probability of vaginal delivery after induction is similar to that after spontaneous labor. REFERENCES: Romney S et al, editors: Gynecology and Obstetrics: The Health Care of Women, second edition, New York, 1981, McGraw-Hill.

The modified Bishop score (Table) should be used to evaluate the cervix prior to induction. It does not predict in any way whether an induction will in fact work or not, it is merely a tool (one of many) used to help determine if induction is an appropriate choice. Bishop, EH.

Labor is a process through which the fetus moves from the intrauterine to the extrauterine environment.

OB/GYN 1964 ACOG Practice Bulletin, November 1999 If you have a low Bishop score, you may decide you don't want to try any induction methods. When the Bishop score is favorable, the preferred pharmacologic agent is oxytocin. A modified Bishop score was used with a score of 0, 1, or 2 being assigned to cervical effacement, consistency, position, and dilatation, and to the station of the presenting fetal part, the lowest possible Bishop score being zero and the maximum possible score being 10.
After publication of the ARRIVE trial findings, both ACOG and SMFM released statements supporting elective labor induction at or beyond 39 weeks’ gestation in low-risk nulliparous women with good gestational dating. A Bishop score of 5 or less was a predominant risk factor for a cesarean delivery in all 3 groups (adjusted OR 2.32; 95% CI 1.66–3.25).
About 15 per cent of attempted inductions that start with an unripe cervix fail to work. If the total score is more than 8, the probability of vaginal delivery after labor induction is ... ACOG until further studies supporting safety are available. A Bishop score of less than six indicates an unripe cervix.

An unfavorable cervix has generally been defined as a Bishop score of 6 or less.

Pelvic Scoring for Induction. Generally speaking, a total score of 9 or greater indicates greater likelihood of a successful induction for a first time mom, greater than 5 for a second time mom.

You’ll have the option to wait and see if labour starts naturally.