The fight for VBACs

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Many of you are asking, what's a VBAC? You probably don't even know

that there's a war going on right now between pregnant women, their

doctors, insurance companies, etc.

When a woman has a c-section, she's often told " once a c-section,

always a c-section " . This often limits her family because doctors

suggest that you limit your c-sections to 3. Of course she's not told

of all the horrible possible side effects of a c-section.

Well, if a woman goes on to have a vaginal delivery after a c-section,

it's called a VBAC. Women have to fight for this right (just ask me,

I've fought for it twice now.) Yes, you can go to route of home

birth, but we chose against this.

 

Here are some statistics about c-sections:

*The World Health Organization (WHO) says that any time a country's

cesarean-section rate rises above 15 percent, the dangers of C-section

surgery outweigh the lifesaving benefits it is supposed to provide. In

the US, the overall C-section rate has now reached 30.2 percent.

*A woman is five to seven times more likely to die from a cesarean

delivery than from a vaginal delivery.

*A woman having a repeat C-section is twice as likely to die during

delivery.

*Twice as many women require rehospitalization after a C-section than

after a vaginal birth.

*Having a C-section means higher rates of infertility, ectopic

pregnancy, and potentially severe placental problems in future

pregnancies.

*Babies born after an elective cesarean delivery (i.e., when labor has

not yet begun) are four times more likely to develop persistent

pulmonary hypertension, a potentially life-threatening condition.

*Between one and two babies of every hundred delivered by C-section

will be accidentally cut during the surgery.

*Babies born via C-section are at high risk for not receiving the

benefits of breastfeeding.

*The risk of death to a newborn delivered by C-section to a low-risk

woman is 1.77 deaths to 1,000 live births. The risk of death to a

newborn delivered vaginally to a low-risk woman is only 0.62 per 1,000

live births.

 

Here are some excellent articles about VBACs:

 

http://vbacfacts.com/2008/06/13/is-vbac-illegal/

 

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