Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)

 A Vaginal Birth After Delivery (VBAC) can often be a safe choice for many women.  Should you and your doctor agree to try a VBAC, we will see if you can sustain a "trial of labor after cesarean," or TOLAC.

When a patient is screened and is a prospect for a VBAC delivery she will go into labor with the goal to deliver vaginally.  As the labor progresses, if all is normal, a safe vaginal birth can be experienced.   As many as 4 out of 10 women, who have a trial of labor, still need to have a C-section but we are with our patients every step of the way. You and your doctor can talk about your risk for having problems during a trial of labor.

Whether it is right for you to try for a VBAC delivery will depend on several things.  Among the most important are  the circumstances of the previous C-section and how many C-sections the patient has had in the past.  Circumstances will differ from one patient to another.