Vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) section delivery is a contentious issue. The optimum mode of delivery of a woman whose first issue was delivered by natural process is a topic of controversy. To make matter worse, there is a clear lack of robust guidelines for clinicians and parturients describing the best option of delivery following Caesarean Section (CS). A pregnancy subsequent to a caesarean delivery entails two choices of delivery: VBAC or Elective Repeat Caesarean section (ERCS) .
In developed countries, there is a recent trend of progressive reduction in VBAC rates, and a concomitant increase in the use of ERCS. This has led to a disproportionately high increase in the caesarean section (CS) rates in different parts of the world, accounting to 25–50%, and escalating. At present, in developed nations, the CS rates vary between 30-50%, while the VBAC rates range from…
