Deb, fantastic post. I need say no more. I agree completely with what you are saying.

I find it so sad that today people (women) can still be so ignorant to the dangers that they can bring onto their babies. And all of this elective surgery.

As you said, we can't choose to get our tonsils out yet we chose to get our babies taken out of our bodies.

Shannon, I too was refused to be aloud to birth Noah who was breech in my hospital. I wish that I was more informed and really stood up for myself more than I did. I did have a positive c section experience but I think that had a lot to do wiht what I had put in my birth plan. When the surgeon opened me up he said to me, "Oh Trish, you could have delivered this baby". Yeah, thanks, too late now.

I must say though he was a fantastic Dr. I was a mere public patient too