Table 2 Successful TOLAC, obstetric and fetal-related characteristics of the current pregnancy among mothers who had attended a trial of labor after a cesarean section at comprehensive specialty hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia, 2022 (N = 437)
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Gravidity | Two | 217 | 49.7 |
Three | 106 | 24.2 | |
≥Four | 114 | 26.1 | |
Abortion | Yes | 7 | 1.6 |
No | 430 | 98.4 | |
Parity | ≤ two | 324 | 74.1 |
Three | 74 | 16.9 | |
≥ Four | 39 | 8.9 | |
Number of antenatal care follow-ups (N=437) | Two | 60 | 13.7 |
Three | 196 | 44.9 | |
Four | 132 | 30.2 | |
≥ five | 49 | 11.2 | |
Place of ANC follow-up | Health center | 361 | 41.0 |
Hospital | 329 | 37.3 | |
Private facility | 191 | 21.7 | |
Gestational age calculated by LNMP or by early ultrasound scanning result | <37 weeks | 12 | 2.7 |
37-41.6 Weeks | 345 | 78.9 | |
≥ 42 weeks | 21 | 4.8 | |
Unknown | 59 | 13.6 | |
Estimated fetal weight at admission by Johnson formula | <2500 grams | 14 | 3.2 |
2500-3999 grams | 420 | 96.1 | |
≥ 4000 grams | 3 | 0.7 | |
Cervical dilatation at admission | <4 cm | 200 | 45.8 |
≥4 cm | 237 | 54.2 | |
Station at admission (At first evaluation) | <0 (below 0) | 291 | 66.6 |
≥0 (0 and above) | 146 | 33.4 | |
Membrane status at admission | Intact | 292 | 66.8 |
Rupture | 145 | 33.2 | |
Artificial rupture VS rupture of membrane done, (N= 292) | Yes | 219 | 75.0 |
No | 73 | 25.0 | |
Meconium status of amniotic fluid at the end of labor | Clear | 370 | 84.7 |
Grade 1 | 47 | 10.7 | |
Grade 2 | 11 | 2.5 | |
Grade 3 | 9 | 2.1 | |
Duration of labor from admission to delivery | <4 hrs | 175 | 40.0 |
4-12 hrs | 235 | 53.8 | |
≥13 hrs | 27 | 6.2 | |
Type of health professional who follows labor | Midwife | 254 | 58.1 |
Internship student | 183 | 41.9 | |
The educational level of midwives who followed labor (N= 254) | Diploma | 46 | 18.1 |
Degree | 155 | 61.0 | |
MPH/MSc | 53 | 20.9 | |
Mode of delivery after a trial of labor | SVD | 225 | 51.5 |
Vacuum | 17 | 3.9 | |
Forceps | 4 | 0.9 | |
Cesarean section | 191 | 43.7 | |
Neonatal outcome of the current pregnancy | Alive | 436 | 99.8 |
Death | 1 | 0.2 | |
First-minute APGAR score | 0-3 | 1 | 0.2 |
4-6 | 34 | 7.8 | |
7-10 | 402 | 92 | |
Fifth-minute APGAR score | 0-3 | 1 | 0.2 |
7-10 | 436 | 99.8 | |
Sex of the neonate | Male | 225 | 51.5 |
Female | 212 | 48.5 |