Patients with a previous cesarean delivery who failed a trial of labor were more likely to be using antidepressants 6 weeks postpartum compared with those who had a successful trial of labor.
However, the study also found that there was no significant difference in postpartum depression rates among these two groups of patients.
“The surgical and physiologic risks of trials of labor after cesarean section (TOLAC) are well documented, but this specific subset of patients has not been examined for incidences or risk of affective disorders like postpartum depression,” Emily O’Brien,