Around 7 out of 10 women who have a c-section go on to have a vaginal birth next time. This is known as VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean). If your section was due to an isolated factor in this pregnancy – a breech baby, for example, or pre-eclampsia – you have every likelihood of a vaginal birth in another pregnancy, if that’s what you’d like. Doctors tend to be a bit more cautious during labor if a woman has had a previous section, because of a very small risk of the uterine scar tearing during contractions.
Your chances of having a successful VBAC are higher if you have delivered at least one baby vaginally in the past and also if your last c-section was for a breech baby
VBAC rates are lower if you previously had a c-section because of a small pelvis, or if you have already had more than one c-section.



