Last year I wrote about a VBAC Calculator. I know that it uses evidence-based research, and the VBA2C mom I attended this week did use the score from the calculator as a piece of the picture when she was making her decision to VBAC or to have a repeat C-section.
But her score was not high. In fact, it was low.
And she had a perfectly normal, healthy birth.
I really do understand that statistics is a very important part of health care. I know that it makes me batty when I hear people, when presented with a large study about the benefits of breastfeeding say, "OK well I formula fed my child and he's absolutely perfect!" Because I know that that's not what the study was saying! I guess my point is, this can be an example of a family consulting with and gathering input from their birth team of ob/gyns, midwives, and her doula (hi!!!), and making a decision that they felt would give them the best chance of a positive, healthy outcome.
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