Guidelines and Initiatives to Support VBAC and Reduce Cesarean Section

• American Association of Birth Centers (2019). Position Statement. VBAC – Labor and Birth after Cesarean.

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2019). Practice Bulletin No. 205 Summary: Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery. 

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2019). Committee Opinion No. 766: Approaches to Limit Intervention During Labor and Birth

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists/ Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (2019).  Obstetric Care Consensus. Levels of Maternal Care.  

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists/Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (2014 Reaffirmed 2023). Safe Prevention of the Primary Cesarean Delivery. 

• California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative. (2022). Toolkit to Support Vaginal Birth and Reduce Cesareans.

• California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative.My Birth Matters, Educational Campaign.

• Northern New England Perinatal Quality Improvement Network (2019). Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Guidelines. 

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist (2015).  Birth After Previous Caesarean Birth. Green-top Guideline No. 45.  

• Society of Obstetricians and Gyneacologists of Canada ( 2019). SOGC Clinical Practice Guideline No. 382-Trial of Labour After Caesarean. 

• The Power to Push Campaign and BC Women’s Hospital. The VBAC Bundle Project 

• World Health Organization (2018). WHO Recommendations: Non-clinical Interventions to Reduce Unnecessary Cesarean Sections.

List created February 2023