VBAC.com

Thanks to Louisa, the administrator for our local Iowa Chapter of the International Cesarean Awareness Network, I just discovered the website, www.VBAC.com. In perusing that website, I came across at least two important discoveries:

1) The American Association of Family Physicians (AAFP) stance on Elective Repeat C-Section, or most importantly, their stance on whether a surgical team must be “immediately available” as the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists guidelines for VBAC call for. (This important difference will be discussed in another post, along with a link to the AAFP study.)

2) The VBAC.com website is evidence-based, which is a critical factor. I am striving for an evidence-based blog, although I get so intrigued by the human factor side of things I stray down the subjective path. Evidence-based is explained clearly at the VBAC.com website here.

Evidence-based practice is what every woman should be requiring from her health care partner. It means that personal experience and expertise come into play, because we want a health care partner who can generalize experiences, but, and this is a big but, we, as health care consumers have the right to complete information, not just the opinion of the health care partner. There will be more on evidence-based practice in another post.