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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does your doctor think about your candidacy for a vbac?  Also, have you seen this? https://mfmu.bsc.gwu.edu/PublicBSC/MFMU/VGBirthCalc/vagbirth.html

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This calculator is not evidence based . The idea that doctors still use it to make recommendations is laughable[/quote]

I don't think you know what "evidence based" means. [/quote]

So plugging info into a calculator and spitting out a percentage is evidence based?  Alrighty then[/quote]

Of course it is. That calculator and those like it are designed to apply evidence-based factors to predict outcomes. Not sure what you think "evidence based" means?[/quote]

That was interesting. It came out with a much lower chance of success (about 70% than I would have thought). I assume this is based on my age (39) and the fact that I never had a vaginal birth.

It does ask about dilation issues, btw. If I marked "yes" to that question, it lowered my rate to nearly 50% chance of success.[/quote]

I played around with it a bit.  Looks like weight (bmi) plays a major role along with age.[/quote]

This calculator gives you odds based on population statistics. This should be one small part of the discussion that helps you understand where you lie within a larger population, but individual risk factors carry more weight than these stats. Hopefully that is the conversation doctors are having instead of just relying on this tool to throw out some arbitrary percentage that convinces women they won't be able to do it.[/quote]

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