In many countries, caesarean section is routinely used if the woman previously gave birth by caesarean section. Doctors and midwives in countries with a high rate of vaginal births after caesarean ...

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This post is part 2 in a series. Read Part 1 here. Vaginal birth initiates profound physiological, neurological, and behavioral changes in both mothers and infants. In addition to preparing the ...

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 ...

In nulliparous women at term who required assisted vaginal birth, a non-rotated occipitoposterior position of the foetal head was associated with significantly higher rates of maternal morbidity than ...