C-Section Moms: Did You Attempt a VBAC? Would You?

As someone who recently had an (unexpected) C-section, I followed with increased interest the panel at the National Institutes of Health this week that looked again at the the risks of attempting a vaginal birth after C-section (VBAC).

It's not a new debate—for years there has been a steady increase in both the C-section rate as well as a decrease in the numbers of women who then attempt to have a VBAC on a subsequent delivery. The fear, of course, is of uterine rupture caused by a scar-weake...