Vaginal births after C-section are not necessarily riskier in a birth center than in the hospital.
Recent research concluded that VBACs are riskier in a birth center than in the hospital. This conclusion is only true if the woman is sure she will not have any more pregnancies and if she does not suffer from "Fear of Hospitals." Since childbirth centers offered a VBAC rate of 87%, whereas US hospitals currently offer a VBAC rate of less than 10%, the woman has a much higher risk of a repeat cesarean if she delivers in hospital, which increases her risk on subsequent pregnancies.
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Judy Slome
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D016550:Birthing Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017604:Cesarean Section, Repeat / Q000401:mortality / Q000451:nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006700:Home Childbirth / Q000451:nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008880:Midwifery / Q000379:methods*; D009321:Natural Childbirth / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016064:Vaginal Birth after Cesarean / Q000401:mortality / Q000451:nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*