Trial of labor after cesarean section

Fourth, before shared decision making with pregnant women, the exact benefits and risks of both TOLAC and ERCD should be fully and thorough in discussion. A speedy recovery, the enjoying self-control natural birth, immediately entering into a bonding with their newborns and breastfeeding faster of mothers and avoidance of C/S related morbidity, such as intrauterine adhesion, pelvic adhesion, the risk of subsequent pregnancy (placenta accreta spectrum), and postpartum hemorrhage are reported to encourage women favor the TOLAC; and by contrast, for ERCD, the possible advantages include easily controlling labor pain, avoidance of vaginal or pelvic floor damage with subsequent development of sequela, such as stress urinary incontinence, lower genito-urinary tract dysfunction, pelvic organ prolapse etc., and the ease of a scheduled birth and following postpartum care [5,6,9,19-21].