International Cesarean Awareness Network

Risky Business: Pregnant in America
RH Reality Check (blog)
... increased acess to VBACs or vaginal birth after cesarean sections. Current policies too often bar women from a vaginal birth after a previous c-section, ...

A profit surprise
News & Observer
We write to express concern that the NIH panel found that women are frequently denied the opportunity to have a vaginal birth after cesarean (news story, ...

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Backing VBAC
News & Observer
We write to express concern that the NIH panel found that women are frequently denied the opportunity to have a vaginal birth after cesarean (news story, ...
Do Pregnant Women Have the Right to Refuse Surgery?RH Reality Check (blog)
NIH Panel Calls for Broader Access to TOL, VBACAAFP News Now
Lamaze's Statement on the NIH Consensus Meeting on Vaginal Birth After CesareanPR-USA.net (press release)
The Spokesman Review -ParentDish (blog) -Media Newswire (press release)
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Do Pregnant Women Have the Right to Refuse Surgery?
RH Reality Check (blog)
On other questions related to vaginal birth after cesarean, the consensus panel indicated when it found the data conflicting or incomplete. ...
Backing VBACNews & Observer
NIH Panel Calls for Broader Access to TOL, VBACAAFP News Now
Lamaze's Statement on the NIH Consensus Meeting on Vaginal Birth After CesareanPR-USA.net (press release)
The Spokesman Review -ParentDish (blog) -Media Newswire (press release)
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More Mothers Can Be Saved - CIMS Recommends Mother-Friendly Care In Response ...
PR Web (press release)
Women who become pregnant after having a cesarean birth are more likely to have a placenta previa (one that attaches itself in the lower part of the uterus ...

Health experts: Repeat C-sections usually unnecessary
The Spokesman Review
... designed,” says doula and childbirth educator Desiree Andrews, of Colorado Springs, Colo., president of the International Cesarean Awareness Network. ...

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Experts Term Natural Birth Safe After Caesarean Section
MedIndia
"Declining vaginal birth after Caesarean rates and increasing Caesarean delivery rates over the last 15 years would seem to indicate that planned repeat ...

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Natural childbirth an option after C-section
GoErie.com
Citing a lack of research, the committee said it could not go further to pinpoint which women can safely undergo a vaginal birth after Caesarean -- known by ...
Experts Term Natural Birth Safe After Caesarean SectionMedIndia
Normal delivery after Caesarean can be safeTrinidad News

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Lamaze's Statement on the NIH Consensus Meeting on Vaginal Birth After Cesarean
PR-USA.net (press release)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) meeting on vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) affirmed that existing medical research shows risks in VBAC are low, ...
Opinion: I Had a C-Section - Does That Make Me Less of a Mother?ParentDish (blog)
When Choices are ForcedRH Reality Check (blog)
Panel Questions "VBAC Bans," Advocates Expanded Delivery Options for WomenMedia Newswire (press release)

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Vaginal birth okay for women who have had Cesarean section
Food Consumer
The rate of vaginal birth after caesarean or simply called vback has been on the decline from 28.3 percent in 1996 to currently less than 10 percent. ...

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Vaginal birth okay for women who have had Cesarean section
Food Consumer
The rate of vaginal birth after caesarean or simply called vback has been on the decline from 28.3 percent in 1996 to currently less than 10 percent. ...

This Week in Health
Intelihealth.com
A group of experts said this week that fewer women are trying to have a vaginal birth after a previous cesarean section. They said many doctors and ...

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Transforming Maternity Care -- A Blueprint for Action
Medscape
The second part of the question describes what has often happened in discussions about vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). Outcomes relating to the uterine ...

Health Buzz: Variable Blood Pressure May Boost Stroke Risk
U.S. News & World Report
... pregnant women should once again be given the option of having a vaginal birth after a cesarean, US News's Deborah Kotz reports. ...

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World News
NIH Holds Conference on "Vaginal Birth After Cesarean" Safety and Availability
Ms. Magazine
An independent panel met at the National Institutes of Health Wednesday to discuss whether vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) is a safe or accessible ...
Vaginal birth after C-section gets boost by NIH-convened expert panelBaltimore Sun
Vaginal birth after cesarean underused: panelReuters
New guidelines for vaginal birth after C-sectionThe Money Times
WBUR -WebMD -RedOrbit
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TopNews United States
VBAC Rate On a Decrease
TopNews United States
... nearly three in 10 women who had a first C-section delivered their next baby vaginally, a trend called VBAC for vaginal birth after cesarean, while, ...

Health & Science briefs 3/12/2010
Scranton Times-Tribune
Citing a lack of research, the committee said it could not go further to pinpoint which women can safely undergo a vaginal birth after cesarean - known by ...

National Post
New guidelines for vaginal birth after C-section
The Money Times
The inherent fear over complications linked with attempting vaginal birth after a cesarean section (VBAC) has led to the practice of "once a C-section, ...
Panel: Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Not CommonWBUR
Panel urges more choice in birth after C-sectionLos Angeles Times
Panel urges better access to vaginal births after C-sectionBaltimore Sun (blog)
RedOrbit -Reuters -eMaxHealth
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TopNews United States
Panel: Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Not Common
WBUR
Yesterday, a National Institutes of Health panel examined the decline in vaginal birth after cesarean in the United States, and they concluded the main ...
Vaginal Birth After C-Section: Giving Women the OptionU.S. News & World Report (blog)
Panel urges better access to vaginal births after C-sectionBaltimore Sun (blog)
Panel urges more choice in birth after C-sectionLos Angeles Times
RedOrbit -Reuters -WebMD
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Women struggle to avoid serial C-sections
Medill Reports: Chicago
Crosley-Corcoran's battle to have a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), however, may be less common – if only because many women don't know they have the ...