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A question: is it possible to have a vaginal birth...

A question: is it possible to have a vaginal birth (20 years) after you've had a broken pelvis? I've been told "no," but why?

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Thank-you!You can't have a caesarean without a doc...

Thank-you!You can't have a caesarean without a doctor so of course it's not women driving the rates up! I'm just picturing desperate women holding a gun to an ob's head demanding he cut her open or...

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Some women do have uterine ruptures because of ces...

Some women do have uterine ruptures because of cesarean section scars; now some scientists are trying to make it possible to distinguish women who are likely to have ruptures from those who are...

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Deeleigh, interesting question. I'm assuming this ...

Deeleigh, interesting question. I'm assuming this is about you?There's no way *I* could know for sure since I don't know the specifics of your situation. However, I would definitely get some second...

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Piffle, thank you for your comment and for sharing...

Piffle, thank you for your comment and for sharing your experience. Yes, the main risk of VBAC is uterine rupture, where the scar from the prev c/s separates, sometimes catastrophically. Of course,...

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Thank you so, so much for your posts on this. They...

Thank you so, so much for your posts on this. They continue to enlighten and arm me against what may very well be future discrimination. I'm sad and shocked to watch the 38-week C-section trend rise:...

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Big Liberty, I absolutely know lots of women who h...

Big Liberty, I absolutely know lots of women who have fought the system. In fact, I'm one of them! That's why it's a passionate topic for me.I think the best thing to do (which I'll be blogging about...

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Thanks for this. It is such a good point. My son w...

Thanks for this. It is such a good point. My son was breech, and because I was living in the Czech Republic in 2003, I was able to give birth to him vaginally. That would never happen here, but it...

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I've commented here before on this issue, and I'm ...

I've commented here before on this issue, and I'm really glad you're giving it additional attention. I'm continually shocked at how many of the women I know are talked into delivering their babies...

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I'm not a mother, and I don't really plan on becom...

I'm not a mother, and I don't really plan on becoming one any time soon, but even I get irked by any kind of mother-blaming. But blaming a woman (with the resulting implications that she's stupid and...

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Hi, I loved your post. I am a big proponent of na...

Hi, I loved your post. I am a big proponent of natural birth and midwives, and I am just big. This article touched me in many ways. Being a large woman (5'10", 219 lbs, was 286 at delivery of my...

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Here in New Zealand we have the same freak-out art...

Here in New Zealand we have the same freak-out articles appearing in our newspapers from time to time, about how the 'elective' c-section rate is rising due to us 'cowardly' women wanting to take the...

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