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By Rita Rubin, USA TODAY
"The country's main professional group of obstetricians published "less restrictive" guidelines Wednesday that could lead to more vaginal births after C-sections, or VBACs.
"What the guidelines emphasize is that a trial of labor is a reasonable and appropriate alternative for many women with a prior cesarean delivery," says Jeffrey Ecker, a Harvard associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology who co-wrote the new guidelines from the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. That includes women with two previous C-sections and those carrying twins.
Ecker's comment echo those of a National Institutes of Health consensus conference panel, which in March called on organizations such as his to make it easier for women to try for VBACs."
