Table 1. Search terms.

Population	pregnant OR primigravida OR multigravida OR nulliparous OR obstetrician OR physician OR clinician OR doctor OR doctors OR midwife OR midwives OR “obstetric nurse” OR consultant OR Midwifery
Intervention	antenatal OR prenatal OR labour OR labor OR intrapartum
Outcomes	caesarean OR cesarean OR “caesarean section” OR “vaginal birth after caesarean” OR VBAC OR “next birth after caesarean” OR “trial of labor” OR “trial of labour” OR TOL OR TOLAC OR “spontaneous vaginal birth” OR ventouse OR forceps OR “instrumental birth” OR “fear of childbirth” OR tocophobia OR tokophobia
Study design	“systematic review” OR meta-analysis OR meta-synthesis OR “literature review” OR “clinical guideline” OR “practice guideline” OR “practice recommendation”