Hi Danni, I have a friend who had an elective caesar in the public hossy at Wollongong a year ago. She managed to get in the head midwife's ear about BF in theatre, and the midwife came in, attended the birth and made sure she was able to BF bubs straight away when he was born.

My friend says it made a huge difference in her empowerment and also her recovery time after the surgery. You will need midwife support as well as OB agreement, so maybe work on the midwives as much as the OB.

Good luck, I'll be very interested to hear how you get on, as I'll be having a CS this time in a "Breastfeeding friendly" hospital so will be advocating for the same thing.