• Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. · Feb 2003

    Cohort study of maternal views on future mode of delivery after operative delivery in the second stage of labor.

    • Deirdre J Murphy and Rachel E Liebling.
    • St Michael's Hospital, Southmead Hospital, UK. d.j.murphy@dundee.ac.uk
    • Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 2003 Feb 1; 188 (2): 542-8.

    ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to assess maternal views on the future mode of delivery after either previous instrument vaginal delivery or cesarean delivery at full dilatation.Study DesignWe conducted a prospective cohort study of 393 women with term singleton cephalic pregnancies.ResultsMore than one half of the cohort intended to have a further pregnancy, with no significant differences between the instrument vaginal delivery and caesarean delivery groups (51% vs 54% before discharge; adjusted odds ratio, 1.04; 95% CI, 0.2, 6.0), and there was little change in maternal views over time. Women were more likely to aim for a future vaginal delivery after an instrument vaginal delivery (79% vs 39% before discharge; adjusted odds ratio, 4.5; 95% CI, 2.2, 9.2), but the proportion decreased over time (68% vs 42% at 1 year; adjusted odds ratio, 3.6; 95% CI, 1.6, 8.1). There were no significant differences in preferred future mode of delivery for women who had a caesarean delivery after a failed instrument delivery and those who were delivered by immediate caesarean delivery.ConclusionA high proportion of women who have had a previous difficult instrument vaginal delivery would still prefer vaginal delivery in a future pregnancy.

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