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13 myths about vaginal birth after cesarean

13 myths about vaginal birth after cesarean

by | Aug 3, 2022 | Birth myths, Cesarean section, Hospital birth, Infant Outcomes, Maternal Outcomes, Placental abnormalities, Planning your vbac, Uterine Rupture, VBAC, VBAC Bans

Over the course of the past 15 years, I have come across a lot of misinformation about VBAC. All of the myths below have come straight from readers who have asked me, “Is this true?” And every single time, the answer as been, “No.” I thought it was time to pluck out the most pervasive VBAC myths and assemble them into one article… and downloadable handout. These myths cover basic things like uterine rupture rates to difficult topics like death and logistical things like hospital policy. In the end, all of these myths confuse birthing women and people about their options making it impossible for them to make a truly informed decision between vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) and elective repeat cesarean section.

Vaginal Birth After Three or More Cesareans (VBA3C/VBAMC): An overview of the evidence

Vaginal Birth After Three or More Cesareans (VBA3C/VBAMC): An overview of the evidence

by | Feb 22, 2022 | Evidence based medicine, Infant Outcomes, Maternal Outcomes, Planning your vbac, Using statistics, VBAC, VBAC after multiple cesareans

Vaginal Birth After Three or More Cesareans (VBA3C/VBAMC): An overview of the evidence Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Like After someone has a cesarean section, they often wonder if they will always have to have a cesarean for future deliveries. While “once a cesarean,...
Vaginal birth after two cesareans (VBA2C): An overview of the evidence

Vaginal birth after two cesareans (VBA2C): An overview of the evidence

by | Dec 15, 2021 | Home birth, Hospital birth, Infant Outcomes, Maternal Outcomes, Planning your vbac, Using statistics, Uterine Rupture, VBAC, VBAC after multiple cesareans

Vaginal birth after two cesareans (VBA2C): An overview of the evidence Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Like As is the case with vaginal birth after one cesarean, (VBA1C), vaginal birth after two cesareans (VBA2C) is a reasonable option that is often difficult for people to...
Uterine rupture survival story teaches two lessons

Uterine rupture survival story teaches two lessons

by | Oct 29, 2018 | Birth stories, Infant Outcomes, Maternal Outcomes, Uterine Rupture, VBAC

Having a prior uterine surgery increases the risk of uterine rupture. The relative risk is still low, but it’s there. Other factors can push that risk higher (such as induction.) But sometimes there is no “reason” for a uterine rupture other than a prior cesarean. Uterine rupture stories illustrate that even though the risk is ~ 0.4% (among those with one prior low transverse cesarean in a spontaneously laboring VBAC), that small number impacts real parents & babies.

“Three Times the Risk?” What the Large Canadian VBAC Study Really Says

“Three Times the Risk?” What the Large Canadian VBAC Study Really Says

by | May 7, 2018 | Cesarean section, Hospital birth, Inductions, Infant Outcomes, Maternal Outcomes, Using statistics, Uterine Rupture, VBAC

A VBAC study out of Canada reported, “Absolute rates of severe maternal morbidity and mortality were low but significantly higher after attempted vaginal birth after cesarean delivery compared with elective repeat cesarean delivery.” After reading the abstract, and full text, I could quickly see how this study will be misinterpreted by many, so let me walk you through it.

How can one support VBAC after witnessing a uterine rupture?

How can one support VBAC after witnessing a uterine rupture?

by | Aug 8, 2017 | Infant Outcomes, Maternal Outcomes, Traumatic birth, Using statistics, Uterine Rupture, VBAC

So what matters more: Our personal experience? Or the conclusions of medical evidence? I suspect that most of my readers would say, the evidence. Hands down. And that is what most people believe… until they experience a bad outcome. That’s when things become more complicated. That single event can override all their knowledge. Everything they believed to be true. Suddenly all those statistics from the research come flying off the page. They are no longer just a number. They are now associated with a face… a baby… a parent.

Free Handout Debunks...

There is a bit of myth and mystery surrounding what the American College of OB/GYNs (ACOG) says about VBAC, so let’s get to the facts, straight from the mouth of ACOG via their latest VBAC guidelines.

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