Hospital VBAC Bans « VBAC Facts

Just kicking the can of risk down the road

If primary and secondary cesarean rates continue to rise as they have in recent years, by 2020 the cesarean delivery rate will be 56.2%, and there will be an additional 6236 placenta previas, 4504 placenta accretas, and 130 maternal deaths annually. The rise in these complications will lag behind the rise in cesareans by approximately 6 years. [...]

Mom encounters VBAC ban and request advice

A mom seeking a VBAC runs into major roadblocks at her local hospital which has a VBAC ban. VBAC Facts compiled a list of options based on real live decisions of women who VBACed despite bans. Did you deliver at a VBAC ban hospital? What was your strategy? Are you a health care provider at a VBAC ban hospital and have some insight? [...]

VBAC Ban Rationale is Irrational

Since obstetrical complications arise during labor in women with no history of uterine surgery that require immediate surgical delivery, or more commonly in women with multiple prior repeat cesareans, how can a hospital claim that they are fit to attend those births, but not yours? [...]

Interview with Dr. Fischbein – An Inside Look at Hospitals & VBAC Bans

Q: Don’t hospitals ban VBAC because it is dangerous? A: They ban VBACs under the guise of patient safety. But patient safety is a euphemism for “we don’t have a good evidence-based reason to do it, other than we don’t want to get sued, it’s more expedient, and we make more money from c-sections—the hospital does, not necessarily the physician, but the hospital does—so we’re going to ban it because it’s easier for us, and we’re going to say it’s for patient safety because of the risk of rupturing the uterus.” [...]

Monterey County hospital reverses VBAC ban

This is great! A hospital reversing their VBAC ban! I really wish articles like this would talk less about "the experience" and more about the life-long benefits of vaginal birth for mom and baby.

May 28, 2009

Natural birth after c-section possible at NMC again

By Leslie Griffy lgriffy@thecalifornian.com

VBAC & Cesarean Rates of California Hospitals, 2007

This information is so important for any woman seeking VBAC. It’s not enough that your hospital “allows” VBAC. In order to see how supportive that hospital is of vaginal birth, you need to know what their VBAC rate is in addition to their primary CS rate. Be sure to read, “Why if your hospital ‘allows’ [...]

VBAC Class Bibliography

Below are the sources I used for the VBAC Class given on March 20, 2009. More classes are in the works, so keep checking back, subscribe, or become a fan on Facebook.

Many of the studies measure multiple items – uterine rupture, VBAC success, etc. – but I categorized them by the topic that I [...]

Is VBAC Illegal? Is homebirth illegal?

This post was originally published June 14, 2008. It has since been updated to include more information on the technicalities of homebirth.

I have incredible software on this website called StatCounter and through that I’m able to see what search engine queries bring people to the site.

I’ve noticed more queries asking if VBAC is [...]

More from Time VBAC vs. RCS Author Pamela Paul

Pamela Paul, who wrote the article The Trouble with Repeat Cesareans two days ago, published Childhood without Choice on the Huffington Post yesterday.

I’d like to thank Pamela for drawing more attention to this issue in a passionate, yet clear and concise way. But where did her passion originate? Turns out, she is a fellow [...]

Article in Time Magazine examining VBAC vs. Repeat Cesarean

What a great piece on VBAC vs. repeat cesarean. It gives an excellent summary of the history of VBAC, the influence of ACOG’s recommendations, as well as how malpractice insurance effects the choices available to women with prior cesareans.

A couple excerpts:

Indeed, the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN), a grass-roots group, recently called 2,850 [...]

VBAC Ban Protest at Cottage Hospital

Cottage Hospital must think we are idiots.

They claim there is no “VBAC ban,” but if you look at their VBAC & CS rates, you will see that three women, three, had VBACs there in 2006, which gave them a VBAC rate of 0.9%. That means that 99.1% of women have repeat cesareans at Cottage [...]

Attorneys looking for VBAC ban victims

This was emailed out on the ICAN list:

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Dear Friends,

As you are likely aware, many women are denied access to VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) because of hospital policies and outright bans. Attorneys with the Northwest Women’s Law Center in Seattle are looking at this issue.

It requires that the woman is planning [...]

A VBAC Supportive OB’s Response to the AMA’s Statement on Homebirth

On June 15, 2008, the American Medical Association published their 2008 legislative resolutions which you can view here. Resolution 205, entitled “Home Deliveries,” expresses their desire to eliminate homebirth.

Below is a response written by Stuart J. Fischbein, MD FACOG, Medical Director of the Birth Action Coalition. OBs like this are few are far [...]

Petition Against VBAC Bans in NW Arkansas

Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Section (VBAC) is currently banned in NW Arkansas hospitals.

We believe that women deserve the right to choose the birth that is right for them and their babies. We believe that NW Arkansas hospitals should do what is necessary to offer women VBAC.

Stop the ban. Bring back VBAC.

Sign [...]

VBAC & Cesarean Rates of California Hospitals, 2006

I’ve copy and pasted the entire spreadsheet below. Be sure to read, “Why if your hospital ‘allows’ VBAC isn’t enough.”

If you look at the PDF (link provided below), you will see that the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development has cesarean section and primary cesarean section listed as “POSSIBLE OVER UTILIZATION” and [...]

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