Successful VBAC is more likely among women with previous caesarean for
fetal malpresentation (84%) compared with women with previous caesarean for either labour dystocia (64%) or fetal distress (73%) indications.

The six elements considered to be reflective of good care are:
 Consultant obstetrician planning and directly supervising delivery.
 Consultant anaesthetist planning and directly supervising anaesthesia at delivery.
 Blood and blood products available.
 Multidisciplinary involvement in preoperative planning.
 Discussion and consent, including possible interventions (such as hysterectomy, leaving the placenta in situ, cell
salvage and interventional radiology).
 Local availability of a level 2 critical care bed.

According to the RCOG- Any lack of compliance with the care bundle by the clinical team for a woman with either placenta praevia or accreta
should be investigated.

According to MBBRACE-UK 2014 to 2016- Women who have had a previous caesarean section who also have either placenta praevia or an anterior placenta underlying the old caesarean section scar at 32 weeks of gestation are at increased risk of placenta accreta and should be managed as if they have placenta accreta, with appropriate preparations for surgery made.

Use bladder diaries in the initial assessment of women with urinary
incontinence or overactive bladder.

Encourage women to complete a minimum of 3 days of the diary covering variations in their usual activities, such as both working and leisure days.

There are no firm criteria for initiating red cell transfusion. The decision to provide blood transfusion should be based on both clinical and haematological assessment.

The 2009–12 Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity report3 highlighted the importance
of correlating clinical signs and symptoms expected from different blood loss values to help target decisions on resuscitation, and also emphasised the importance of taking the woman’s weight into account.

The therapeutic target in case of massive blood loss is to maintain Haemoglobin  greater than 8 gm/dL.

People who are concerned about their fertility should be informed that over
80% of couples in the general population will conceive within 1 year if:
- the woman is aged under 40 years and
- they do not use contraception and have regular sexual intercourse.
Of those who do not conceive in the first year, about half will do so in the second year
(cumulative pregnancy rate over 90%).

The methods that have been shown to be effective are-

1.  Epidural
2.  Combined spinal–epidural
3.  Continuous one-to-one support                                                                                                          ( Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012;(3):CD009234)

NSAIDs can lead to neonatal pulmonary hypertension and premature closure of the ductus arteriosus.

NSAIDs also reduce fetal renal blood flow and thus urine production leading to a reduced amniotic fluid volume.

The use of NSAIDs should, therefore, be avoided at more than 30 weeks of gestation.

• Measure post-void residual volume by bladder scan or catheterisation in women with symptoms suggestive of voiding dysfunction or recurrent UTI.
• Use a bladder scan in preference to catheterisation on the grounds ofacceptability and lower incidence of adverse events.
• Undertake a urine dipstick test in all women presenting with urinary incontinence.
• Undertake routine digital assessment to confirm pelvic floor muscle contraction before the use of supervised pelvic floor muscle training for the treatment of urinary incontinence.

Do not use the Q-tip, Bonney, Marshall and Fluid-Bridge tests in the assessment of women with urinary incontinence.