As an obstetrician who has delivered thousands of babies at both Frederick Memorial and Shady Grove Adventist Hospitals and a husband who coached his wife through two safe VBAC (vaginal birth after ...

When Breanna Jay was pregnant with her first son, she expected a vaginal delivery. But when she was 38 weeks pregnant, she learned her son’s feet were facing downward, what’s known as breech. Doctors ...

The new guidelines directly affect more than half a million women annually. According to data from the CDC National Center For Health Statistics, approximately 605,000 women with a history of at least ...

From a prospective US multicenter cohort of 45,988 patients with a singleton gestation and a prior cesarean, 13,532 women that elected to attempt a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) were selected ...

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Baby deliveries via a VBAC—a vaginal birth after cesarean—have come into the spotlight in recent years, with several celebrities having opted for it. The most recent example is Tammy Hembrow, a ...

VBAC or ‘Vaginal Birth After Cesarean’ may be a good and safe alternative for many individuals. Nevertheless, some physical, medical, or pregnancy-related issues could make it risky for some. Being ...

My daughter and I did the impossible together. We responded to all of the people who doubted that I could have a VBAC by having one. After being bullied into a C-section with my firstborn, I was ...

First, having a baby at home was how everyone gave birth. Then it became a thing of the past and undeveloped countries. Then it was the domain of back-to-the-land types, followed by the celebrities ...

CHICO — After two decades, obstetricians at Enloe Medical Center were honored for their work openly supporting mothers hoping to give birth vaginally after a cesarean section. Enloe Medical Center ...

Although the association between prior VBAC and delivery outcomes has been studied previously, the work by Mercer and colleagues represents the largest study with the most detailed characterization of ...

A vaginal birth after caesarean (known as a VBAC) is when a woman who has had a caesarean has a vaginal birth down the track.