An expert review from the US has stated that it is safe to have a normal vaginal birth even though previous babies were delivered through a Caesarean section.
An expert review from the US has stated that it is safe to have a normal vaginal birth even though previous babies were delivered through a Caesarean section.
The review, by the National Institutes of Health, says 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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"Declining vaginal birth after Caesarean rates and increasing Caesarean delivery rates over the last 15 years would seem to indicate that planned repeat Caesarean delivery is preferable to a trial of labour," ABC Science quoted review chairman Dr F Gary Cunningham as saying.
"But the currently available evidence suggests a very different picture: a trial of labour is worth considering and may be preferable for many women," Cunningham, the chairman of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, said.
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Professor Caroline de Costa of James Cook University in Cairns believes women who have previously had a Caesarean section should be presented with their options and allowed to make their own decision.
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"Look at the risks and benefits of both options. If they feel they are being pushed into an option they don't want, seek a second opinion," she added.
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