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VBAC's are safe: study

Categories: Pregnancy & birth, Health & safety

I've written before that I have some regrets about having a cesarean.  It was not what I wanted, or expected.  I am extremely fortunate to have a happy, healthy baby boy and I know that in the grand scheme of things, that's all that matters.

But I had hoped for a natural birth and, until recently, believed that my chances of that ever happening with a second baby were nil.  Most of the women I know who had cesareans for their first baby were automatically scheduled another one for their second.

But a new article gives me hope that perhaps vaginal births after c-section might be on the rise.

A new study in Obstetrics and Gynecology notes that even women who have had multiple c-sections can safely deliver a baby vaginally.  The incidence of uterine ruptures from a vaginal birth were only marginally higher in women who'd had more than one cesarean.

A spokesman for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Gary Hankins, told USA Today he expects his group will revise its advice for women who've had multiple C-sections.  And that's excellent news for so many women who have delivered via c-section but yearn to one day deliver non-surgically.


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