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Chapter 18 - Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Section

from Section 2 - Labor and Delivery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2023

By
Amira El-Messidi  and
Alan D. Cameron
Edited by
Amira El-Messidi  and
Alan D. Cameron
Amira El-Messidi
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Alan D. Cameron
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
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Summary

You are seeing a 29-year-old G2P1 with a singleton pregnancy at 34+6 weeks’ gestation for a routine prenatal visit. Pregnancy dating was confirmed by first-trimester sonography. She reports normal fetal activity and has no clinical complaints. Your colleague following her obstetric care is now on a two-month leave. Although mode of delivery was addressed early in prenatal care, your colleague left you a note to discuss a trial of vaginal birth after Cesarean delivery (VBAC) with the patient.

Keywords

Vaginal birth after Cesarean sectionTrial of labor after Cesarean sectionCounselingContraindicationsInduction of laborPredictors of successLower uterine segment thickness, sonographyIntrapartum careUterine rupture
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OSCEs in Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine
An Evidence-Based Approach
 , pp. 252 - 262
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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