Sociodemographic factors and pregnancy events associated with women who declined vaginal birth after cesarean section.

Objective: Certain sociodemographic characteristics and pregnancy events were shown to pre-dispose women to decline vaginal birth after cesarean section (CS) in the Western population. The study aimed to identify the sociodemographic factors and pregnancy events associated with Chinese women who declined to attempt vaginal birth after CS.

Study Design: This was a retrospective study of Hong Kong Chinese women who delivered in a public obstetric unit between 2002 and 2006.