what week do they give you a date for an elective c section?

[skeetaboat]

I guess I should mention i'm going to a public hospital.

I've got friends who are having their babies by elective C/S with a private OB in a private hospital, and they already have a date at 28 weeks.... so it's obviously done differently between private and public (maybe because privately you're booking the actual doctor, but when you're public you're booking the hospital...)