If you arrive at hospital and there is a bum protruding out of your vagina no doctor on this earth can force you to have a caesarean section, regardless of their policy. They may advise you strongly to have one, but if you decline then they will be faced with the options of either supporting you, or turning you away to deliver in the hospital carpark. Can you bet which one they will choose?

There are 2 options for having a breech baby vaginally. Breech delivery (often involving routine forceps) or breech birth, which is a hands off event. I would advise anyone with an interest in the topic to google Jane Evans and Mary Cronk's "A Day At The Breech" which is a UK wide training programme teaching midwives how to safely catch breech babies, and when it is not safe to do so.