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What is VBAC?
By Laura Lee Davies on 16/02/2009 00:05:56
A 'natural birth' when you have previously has a caesarian is called Vaginal Birth After Caesarian, but what are the risks?
VBAC isn't exactly catchy as a name, but it beats Vaginal Birth After Caesarian. For many women, the reaction they have had from health professionals when they've requested one has implied that VBAC is almost as clunky and awkward as it sounds
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Caesarian sections: an overview
By ThinkBaby on 29/10/2008 01:57:52
Useful articles and forum threads relating to c-sections
Whether you're facing a possible c-section because of some kind of pregnancy complication, you have decided to go for an elective caesarian, or you simply want to prepare yourself for the possibility that a c-section may become necessary during your labour, then ThinkBaby can hel...
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Birth after caesarian
By ThinkBaby on 20/05/2009 01:45:33
Will you need another c-section or is a vaginal birth possible?
, commonly referred to as VBAC, depend on the circumstances of your c-section, your gynaecological history and how your next pregnancy and labour progress. If the reason you needed a c-section last time still stands, for example you have an ongoing medical
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Pregnancy second time around - labour and birth
By Maria Muennich on 12/11/2009 01:21:41
You've been through it once, but what can you expect to be different with labour this time?
to give birth vaginally this time around then, providing that you have a normal pregnancy, your chances are usually quite good. Have a read up on what you can do to prepare for a vaginal birth after caesarian or VBAC.Whatever it is that is worrying you
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How many caesarians can you have?
By ThinkBaby on 25/08/2009 01:26:05
If you have had one or two babies by caesarian-section, can you have any more?
to have a baby without a caesarian after having one (this is called a VBAC – vaginal birth after caesarian), but some women may feel daunted by that, and there are occasions when obstetricians advise against it. In which case, you may have another
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Elective caesarean now available for all mums-to-be
By Lara Brunt on 23/11/2011 08:49:12
A caesarean delivery will be offered to all pregnant women who ask for one, even if there's no medical need, according to new NICE guidelines
if they can. We want women who do not need to have a CS to be able to avoid such surgery."Other changes to the guidelines include offering Vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) to women who had undergone up to four previous caesareans.Mr Griffiths said: "The
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Your five-month-old
By ThinkBaby on 06/01/2005 09:54:13
More noises please
by frantic pacing up and down the hallway, with my TENS machine strapped to my bod. Tells Lucy in the story of her second birth, trying for a VBAC. If you still haven't added your birth story to the site you can do so at any time in the blogs section
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Your two-month-old
By ThinkBaby on 05/03/2005 17:04:31
Weeks 8-12 - gettting to know you better
pacing up and down the hallway, with my TENS machine strapped to my bod. Tells Lucy in the story of her second birth, trying for a VBAC. If you still haven't added your birth story to the site you can do so at any time in the blogs section. And why
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ThinkBaby glossary
By ThinkBaby on 19/08/2005 09:35:59
Commonly used terms and abbreviations on the site and what they mean
syndrome where one of two fraternal twin embryos miscarries or is reabsorbed by the body early in pregnancy leaving a single baby to develop through to birth.Vulva – The opening to the vagina made up of the external female genitalia.VBAC – Vaginal birth
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