Women’s preferences for caesarean or vaginal birth with a perspective of future fertility: A discrete choice experiment
Participants weighed the included morbidity risks of planned caesarean and vaginal birth in a low-risk pregnancy approximately equally. To facilitate an informed birth decision, clinicians should, apart from neonatal outcomes, particularly consider discussing impacts on fertility, maternal health and the risks of unplanned intervention or future pregnancy complications.
Authors
- Madelon van Wely (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8263-213X)
- Daniel L. Rolnik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2263-3592)
- Ben W. Mol (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8337-550X)
- James Crispin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7665-7135)
Institutions
- University of Aberdeen (GB)
- Monash Health (AU)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- Monash University (AU)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310560
- Primary Topic
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Norgine
- National Health and Medical Research Council