Material and Methods:238 multiparous women with a history of vaginal birth at 37-42 gestational weeks were enrolled in our study. 110 women had underwent C-section. Control group was chosen randomly from women giving birth by vaginal route.
Results:Overall, 238 multiparous women with a history of vaginal delivery at 37-42 gestational weeks were enrolled in our study. The history of operative delivery, that of labor induction and presence of meconium and the indication of admission to the delivery room were different between groups. A lower Bishop score and biophysical profile, smaller gestational period, and lower birth weight were associated with the group requiring a C-section, whereas older age and a long time interval from the previous birth were associated with the group not requiring a C-section.
Conclusion:A strategy involving either labor induction or not could be individualized for each patient to eliminate the risk factors for adverse outcomes. To identify criteria for the standardization of labor management, further studies are needed. (J Turk Ger Gynecol Assoc 2016; 17: 209-13) Keywords: Cesarean section, vaginal birth, multiparity Received: 14 June, 2016 Accepted: 29 October, 2016 Why do multiparous women with a history of vaginal delivery give birth by cesarean section? Labor pain, rupture of membranes, post-term pregnancy, suspicious non-stress test (NST), extreme vaginal bleeding, preeclampsia/chronic hypertension, growth restriction, or oligohydramnios were included as indications for admission to the delivery room. The reasons to proceed with a C-section included fetal distress, malpresentation, macrosomia, multiple pregnancies, failure to progress in labor or failed induction, fetal anomalies, and maternal clinical conditions. Our study was designed as a retrospective cohort study and conducted according to the Helsinki Declaration. There was no ethical approval needed because we collected data of the patients from the records in the archives and we did not document any personal information. Also, in our hospital, informed consent was obtained from every patient for the use of medical information in scientific publications. For the multivariate analysis, the possible factors identified with univariate analyses were further entered into the logistic regression analysis to determine the independent predictors of patient outcome.
Statistical analysis
ResultsTwo hundred thirty-eight multiparous women with a history of vaginal birth at 37-42 gestational weeks were enrolled in our study. Of these, 46.2% of patients had given birth through a C-section. The mean age of all the women was 29.8±5.5years. The mean BMI of all the women was 30.4±4.6. Of all the women, 96 (40.3%) had spontaneous labor, whereas 142 (59.7%) women received labor induction. All the demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients are represented in Table 1. The most frequent indication for admission to the delivery room was labor pain, whereas that for C-section was fetal distress (Table 2). Table 3 shows the mean...