I have to say that I agree with Fionas.. If Meringue had stated that her reason was physical birth trauma that she herself had experienced during a previous birth, and she'd researched her choices, yada yada, and decided she wanted an elective c/s, would she have been repeatedly reminded that in terms of risk, she was making the sub-optimal choice and should read up more? Or would she have recieved support to take charge of her birth and seek out appropriate support people who would be sensitive to her needs (while being gently reminded that her next experience could be totally different given the right support and info, etc)? I think the latter. And I don't see why she deserves less than that just because the birth trauma she has experienced was vicarious.