VBAC

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noun

A vaginal birth undertaken with precautionary measures subsequent to a cesarean section birth.

“I was worried about having a VBAC because my mother nearly bled to death when she gave live birth to me after having had a cesarean.”

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Meanings

nounVBAC (plural VBACs)

plural VBACs

  1. medicineA vaginal birth undertaken with precautionary measures subsequent to a cesarean section birth.

    I was worried about having a VBAC because my mother nearly bled to death when she gave live birth to me after having had a cesarean.

    1 more example

    "In contrast, women who live in El Centro (Imperial County) have vaginal births after cesareans, known as VBACs, at less than a tenth of the state rate and have some of the highest rates of cesareans in the state."

    2011, Victoria Colliver, “C-section not necessarily end to vaginal delivery”, in San Francisco Chronicle

Origin

Initialism of vaginal birth after cesarean.

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APA

VBAC. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/VBAC

MLA

“VBAC.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/VBAC. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “VBAC,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/VBAC.

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