Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Still An Option (redOrbit) - Pregnant women who have had a cesarean section before most likely end up having one again, according to one in three hospitals that say a repeat cesarean is the only option.

Weighing Parents' Preferences And Risk Factors When Choosing Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Or Plan A Repeat ... (Medical News Today) - An independent panel convened this week by the National Institutes of Health confronted a troubling fact that pregnant women currently have limited access to clinicians and facilities able and willing to offer a trial of labor after previous cesarean delivery because of so-called VBAC bans. Many, even those at low risk for complications in a trial of labor, are not offered this option. The panel ...

NIH panel says more post-cesarean moms should have access to option of vaginal delivery (Pioneer Press) - LOS ANGELES — Vaginal birth after cesarean section, or VBAC, is reasonably safe and should be more widely available, a National Institutes of Health advisory panel concluded Wednesday.

Normal birth safe after Caesareans, U.S. panel agrees (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Having a normal vaginal birth after previous babies were delivered surgically is perfectly safe and women should have the option, independent experts told the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday.

Vaginal Birth After C-Section: Giving Women the Option (US News & World Report) - A government panel says that vaginal births are safe for most pregnant women who have had C-sections.

Normal birth perfectly safe (Straits Times) - WASHINGTON - HAVING a normal vaginal birth after previous babies were delivered surgically is perfectly safe and women should have the option, independent experts told the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday. They said there is no good reason to force a woman who has had one Caesarean section to repeat such operations if she wants to try having later babies more naturally.

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Panel urges more choice in birth after C-section (Los Angeles Times) - A National Institutes of Health panel says vaginal birth after caesarean is reasonably safe and should be more widely available. Many hospitals ban the practice as a matter of policy or liability. Vaginal birth after caesarean, or VBAC, is reasonably safe and should be more widely available, a National Institutes of Health advisory panel concluded Wednesday.

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Panel Recommends Rethink On Repeat Cesareans (NPR) - Most women who give birth by cesarean section should have the option for vaginal delivery of subsequent children, experts recommended. Existing medical guidelines would have to be changed to make that approach more common.