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VBAC Calculator

AshleighW13AshleighW13 member
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Has anyone seen the VBAC calculator they have on line. If so can anyone tell me why you odd's go down almost ten percent if your Hispanic or African-american. Why does that matter when it comes to birth.
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Re: VBAC Calculator

  • nycnolanycnola member
    I think that calculator is kind of bogus. It was based on data from one hospital, at which they have a large percentage of low-income African-American and Hispanic patients, and those groups statistically receive less prenatal care than other groups, and statistically have other health problems that affect overall health. Low-income women (that did not receive adequate prenatal care) are much more likely to have pre-term births (I don't know why), and those usually result in a section. The calculator also doesn't take into account a lot of other factors that affect a normal birth, and I think it's silly to scare women with that. 
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  • cecilyandgautamcecilyandgautam member
    This is all just based on observational data and suggests correlation, not causation. So it's not that being Hispanic or Black makes some one more likely to need a c-section, but various risk factors have a higher correlation with those racial backgrounds - like weight, exercise, diabetes, taking a birth class and knowing your options. If nothing else, low quality medical care would result in higher c-section rates, right? And it is documented that minorities receive, on average, lower quality medical care, regardless of income. So that's a terrible reality of care in our country, but if you are a healthy Hispanic or African-American VBAC candidate with a supportive provider, and hopefully supportive people in your life (significant other + doula/mom), then your chances should be as good as anyone else's.  
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  • A37liciaA37licia member
    I think the calculator is rubbish and any hopeful VBAC mom should stay away. Too many factors it can't take into consideration that lead to successful VBACs.
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  • CourtimilkCourtimilk member
    I don't recall what site I was looking at (maybe it was Spinning Babies?) but different ethnic groups had different odds of having different pelvic bone shapes. I also wouldn't know how to make this lack of information relevant to OP's question.
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  • mrs.jenRNmrs.jenRN member

    imageA37licia:
    I think the calculator is rubbish and any hopeful VBAC mom should stay away. Too many factors it can't take into consideration that lead to successful VBACs.

    This. :)

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