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Once a C-Section, Always a C-Section?

Every third woman who goes to the hospital to have a baby will likely have a C-section.

After a few days of recuperation, she will leave with her new baby, her new scar, and her chances of safely having more than two children greatly diminished.

C-section rates have skyrocketed in the last two decades. These costly and invasive surgeries, once rarely done, are now routine with a third of all births resulting in the procedure. Of those, nearly half are repeat C-sections.

This is based in large part on the fact that for almost two decades hospitals have refused to let women attempt natural labor after a C-section, based on recommendations…

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 Once a C-Section, Always a C-Section?

After having a caesarean section, why few women have a subsequent vaginal birth.

VBAC.com

Most women can have a safe VBAC, a vaginal birth after a cesarean. This website provides childbearing women and maternity care professionals evidence-based information, resources, and support for VBAC and cesarean prevention.

VBACfacts

Don't freak. Know the facts.

VBACFinder

Many hospitals in the United States will not permit patients who have had a previous cesarean surgery to plan a vaginal birth in that facility. This site provides the most recent information about how many VBACs were reported by each hospital. Hospital-level data are not made available by all states.

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