January 28th, 2010
TFB Covering the NIH VBAC Conference
In March, I will be attending the NIH Consensus Development Conference on Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) in Bethesda, Maryland. The goal of this conference is to examine the reasons that VBAC rates are declining while cesarean rates in the U.S. are consistently rising. The website states that the conference will address the following key questions:
- What are the rates and patterns of utilization of trial of labor after prior cesarean, vaginal birth after cesarean, and repeat cesarean delivery in the United States?
- Among women who attempt a trial of labor after prior cesarean, what is the vaginal delivery rate and the factors that influence it?
- What are the short- and long-term benefits and harms to the mother of attempting trial of labor after prior cesarean versus elective repeat cesarean delivery, and what factors influence benefits and harms?
- What are the short- and long-term benefits and harms to the baby of maternal attempt at trial of labor after prior cesarean versus elective repeat cesarean delivery, and what factors influence benefits and harms?
- What are the nonmedical factors that influence the patterns and utilization of trial of labor after prior cesarean?
- What are the critical gaps in the evidence for decision-making, and what are the priority investigations needed to address these gaps?
Of course, all of this is very interesting to me as a VBACtivist, and as a pre-law student interested in Health Law & Policy. This subject, and this one-of-a-kind conference, deserves to be covered thoroughly. Therefore, during my visit to this conference, I will not only be blogging the event, but I will also be broadcasting my radio show live on each of the 3 days with special guest speakers who work in the field of reproductive health advocacy. So far I’m honored to have representatives from Lamaze International, The Big Push for Midwives, and the International Cesarean Awareness Network coming on my show. If your organization is interested in having a representative speak with me, please write me at gina(at)thefeministbreeder(dot)com and let me know what you’d like to add.
Stay tuned for more details as I get my agenda worked out.
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AWESOME! I am really, really hoping to be there too and cannot wait to hear your radio shows (in addition to the conference presentations, of course). Way to kick ass in the VBACtivist world!
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