In an appropriate clinical setting and properly selected group of women, VBAC offers distinct advantages over a repeat caesarean section, since the operative risks are completely eliminated, the hospital stay is much shorter and expenses involved are much less. Trial of labour after previous caesarean delivery (TOLAC) provides women who desire a vaginal delivery with the possibility of achievin...

For subsequent births, women who have experienced previous caesarean section face a choice between elective caesarean section and trial of labour. The study reported in this paper utilises Australian hospital data to compare birth outcome and health system costs of these two options. Although trial of labour is more expensive if the result is an emergency caesarean section, high rates of succes...

Vaginal birth after caesarean section is the delivery of a baby through the vagina after a previous cesarean delivery. For this to be conducted safely and responsibly emergency obstetric care must be available. To study the different modes of delivery in Dhulikhel Hospital (DH), evaluate the frequency of attempted and successful vaginal birth after caesarean section and, in the VBAC group, to i...

OBJECTIVE: to analyze trends in cesarean sections proportion and associated factors in Piauí State, Brazil, from 2000 to 2011. METHODS: this is a time series and cross-sectional study, with data of all institutional childbirths in primiparous, recorded on the Information System on Live Births (Sinasc). RESULTS: cesarean sections proportion increased from 34.4% in 2000 to 52.1% in 2011 (annu...

Abstract Background In many countries, the increase in facility births is accompanied by a high rate of obstetric interventions. Lower birthrates or elevated risk factors such as women’s higher age at childbirth and an increased need for control security cannot entirely explain this rise Another possible factor that women are coerced to agree interventions, but prevalence coercive interventions...

Aim: Increasing cesarean section (C/S) rates have become a growing public health issue. Turkey ranked among the top countries in world for highest rates. Why women desire CS instead of vaginal birth may be key to avoiding unnecessary C/Ss. In this study, we performed questionnaire evaluate possible reasons maternal requests one largest maternity care hospitals Turkey.
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to suggest the importance natural childbirth by investigating results midwife-led perinatal periods and whether they were positive experiences for both individual women their families.Methods: This retrospective aimed confirm outcomes midwife-attended vaginal births. Among 1,127 who gave birth in Gyeonggi-do, Seoul between January 1, 2019 December 31, 2021...

Abstract Introduction Our objectives were to compare the 1‐year follow‐up clinical performance of TCu380A intrauterine device (TCu380A‐IUD) and levonorgestrel (LNG) 52‐mg system (IUS) inserted at post‐placental period. Material methods We conducted an open‐label, parallel‐group, randomized trial, 1:1 with pregnant women admitted for childbirth independently mode birth. primary outcome was expul...

Objectives. To examine the association between maternal leisure time physical activity and mode of delivery. Study Design. Population-based multicentre cohort. From the Danish Dystocia Study, we included 2,435 nulliparous women, who delivered a singleton infant in cephalic presentation at term after spontaneous onset of labor in 2004-2005. We analysed mode of delivery according to self-reported...

Caesarean section (CS) rates have been increasing worldwide and have caused concerns. For meaningful comparisons to be made World Health Organization recommends the use of the Ten-Group Robson classification as the global standard for assessing CS rates. 2625 women who birthed over a 12-month period were analysed using this classification. Women with previous CS (group 5) comprised 10.9% of the...