Posts Tagged ‘VBAC’

• New study criticizes US c-section practices

  Date: 2010.09.05 | Category: In the news | Response: 2

  More than a third of all American women giving birth will now have a cesarian section. Numerous organizations have called to make US hospitals more friendly for mothers and babies, and bring down the general c-section rate as well as the number of repeat cesarians. Recently, even the American College of Obtetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) joined their ranks. If you are concerned about the American c-section rate, you’ll definitely want to take a look at a new study into the contemporary cesarian section delivery practice in the United States.

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• Good news for VBAC hopefuls?

  Date: 2010.07.22 | Category: In the news | Response: 6

  The c-section rate has been steadily rising for decades in the United States, and has now reached a shocking 32 percent. That means that almost one in three women ends up with a surgical birth. Of course, there are many factors that contribute to this unnaturally high c-section rate, but the fact that vaginal birth after caesarian (VBAC) has been made very difficult for women is certainly an important one. Now, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is finally changing its guidelines surrounding repeat c-sections. Read the rest of this entry »