CONCLUSION
In the Netherlands, the proportion of women intending a VBAC after a
previous caesarean section has decreased markedly in the past twenty
years, particularly from 2009 onwards, after the publication of the
EURO-PERISTAT report on perinatal mortality in Europe. This decrease was
not accompanied by a synchronous decrease in perinatal mortality after
that year. Clinicians and policymakers should try to curb this
unjustified increase in planned caesarean sections.