VBAC: Vaginal Birth After Cesarean

A 290-pound woman with big bones has a baby delivered by cesarean section because there just isn't room in the birth canal for five-and-a-half pound Junior. A tiny 105-pound lady delivers an eleven pound baby, who isn't just breech, but is doing the splits through the birth canal in a normal vaginal birth. Obviously, you can't judge a birth canal by its cover. In this short video, viewers will learn about a Vaginal Birth After Cesarean or VBAC. Years ago, during a cesarean, many doctors would cut a woman nearly from stem to stern to deliver a baby, usually ruining any chance of delivering the next baby normally. Nowadays physicians can make a bikini cut incision that is barely visible a few months later, and--no muss, no fuss--the baby is born (screaming). With the small horizontal incision type cesarean, four out of five women who have had a C-section can deliver normally without any problem in the next pregnancy. While, the tape doesn't cover much that a doctor or midwife wouldn't discuss on the first prenatal visit, it does briefly discuss the benefits to mom in having a vaginal birth: decreased blood loss, quicker hospital discharge, less chance for infection, and so on. Although C-sections (many considered unnecessary) are on the rise, the scope of this video is extremely limited and would therefore be recommended only for libraries specializing in women's health issues. Aud: C, P. (N. Plympton)