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Previous pregnancy and caesarean birth :
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Next pregnancy and birth after caesarean :
Decisions about how to give birth after caesarean
Reasons for wanting a planned caesarean
Reasons for wanting vaginal birth after caesarean
Women's experiences of making the decision
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Roles of partners & others in decision-making
Experience of next birth after caesarean
Women's experiences of their next caesarean
Women's experiences of vaginal birth after CS
Preparing for next birth after caesarean
Women's expectations for their next birth
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Making decisions about birth after caesarean
People's stories
Aged 40 and over
Interview 02
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Laboured to 8cm dilation with 1st child. Cord wrapped round baby's neck, had emergency CS under general anaesthetic. Chose VBAC for next birth because ...
Interview 05
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Had a very traumatic 1st birth, long labour, CS was offered only after baby went into distress. Felt excluded from decisions and treated unsympathetically. Felt ...
Interview 08
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Keen on unassisted birth with 1st child. Slow to go into labour and dilate. Had epidural and then CS 2 days after waters broke. Felt ...
Interview 30
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Wanted waterbirth with 1st child, went overdue. Induced at 42 weeks, did not dilate despite interventions. Baby delivered by emergency CS after heart rate dropped. ...
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