A vaginal birth after cesarean (known as a VBAC) is when a woman who has had a cesarean has a vaginal birth down the track. When a woman chooses a VBAC she is cared for much like she would during a ...

Fewer than 16% of US counties between 2016 and 2021 were home to a hospital offering labor after cesarean (LAC) services or the planned attempt to deliver vaginally by a person who previously had a ...

Only 16% of all counties in the U.S. offered pregnant people the opportunity to attempt labor after a previous cesarean section between 2016 and 2021, according to University of Massachusetts Amherst ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Professor and Chair of the Department of Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care Allison Shorten, PhD, RN, FACM, FNAP, FAAN, is an author on a recent ...

What factors shape the outcome when women attempt a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC)? With cesarean rates climbing in Poland and globally, clinicians face increasing pressure to identify ...

Making informed decisions about childbirth represents one of the most significant choices expectant parents face. While both vaginal deliveries and cesarean sections safely bring babies into the world ...