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.