A Midwife’s Take on the NIH VBAC Consensus Conference

by William F. McCool, CNM, PhD, CRNP, FACNMThis past week the NIH held a 3-day Consensus Conference examining the current situation in maternity care regarding vaginal births after cesarean (VBACs), which have diminished considerably in number over the past 10 to 15 years. I was able to attend, and urge everyone to read the consensus preliminary report. In addition, many news outlets have picked