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Future birth options should be discussed sooner after C-section: UBC study
Dec. 8, 2016

Future birth options should be discussed sooner after C-section: UBC study

As a researcher and community-based doula, Sarah Munro knows firsthand the difficult choice women face after having a C-section: whether to deliver their next baby vaginally or by C-section.

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Fogo Island Dialogues: Islands, Sovereignty and Decolonial Futures

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Future birth options should be discussed sooner after C-section

C-sections expose mothers and newborns to excess risk, so current Canadian clinical guidelines recommend that eligible women be offered a vaginal birth after caesarean, referred to as a VBAC.
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