Misoprostol Before Elective Caesarean Section for Decreasing the Neonatal Respiratory Morbidity

Inclusion Criteria: * Age: 18 years or more. * Term singleton pregnancy (38 - 38+6 weeks gestation). * Planned for elective transverse lower segment caesarean section with an indication. Exclusion Criteria: * Women with history of significant cardiac disease, eclampsia, pre eclampsia, epilepsy, severe asthma, severe allergic condition, vascular disease, renal or hepatic disease. * Women with contraindication to prostaglandins as Glucoma or known hypersensitivity to prostaglandins or specifically for misoprostol. * Psychological problem or mental disease that renders the patient not able to understand the nature, scope, and sequences of the study. * Pregnancies with known foetal malformation/s or chromosomal aberration.