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Making decisions about birth after caesareanArrow
Aged 30 and under
Interview 14  

Interview 14

Age at Interview: 22
Background: Customer service officer with one son aged three and a half. Living with partner, who works as a forklift driver. Ethnic background: White British (English).
Brief outline:Admitted to hospital with pre-eclampsia, 1st child was born 6 weeks premature and had to spend 10 days in SCBU. Found it very difficult to decide how to give birth to 2nd child, worried about risks either way. Had vaginal birth assisted by ventouse.


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Before her VBAC, she would have found it helpful if doctors and midwives could have advised her which way of giving birth was the best option for her.

 



And what, what message would you send to health professionals who counsel women and advise them about this decision?

One to obviously really go into detail about the pros and the cons, let them take that information home with them so they've got it there all the time, so if things, we forget things, they can sit there and read up about it in more detail. And it obviously would be really nice for them to advise you what the, the best option is, but obviously this study might maybe help them do that, they might be able to work out what the best option is.
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