Good News, Bad News

Good News About VBACs: "A woman who has had one successful vaginal birth after cesarean delivery is even more likely to succeed during subsequent trials of vaginal birth, new research suggests."

Maternal stress and schizophrenia link: "A recent article in the Archives of General Psychiatry reports that women who undergo an extremely stressful event during the first three months of pregnancy have an increased risk of having children who develop schizophrenia."

In spite of ample evidence that home births are safer than the hospital for uncomplicated deliveries, the ACOG opines that "choosing to deliver a baby at home is to place the process of giving birth over the goal of having a healthy baby" and blames the current state of women's health for the high c-section rate.