CM - to be honest...its hard to hear suggestions from other's who haven't walked in our shoes.

Trying and failing for a VBAC is an extremely emotional crippling thing to go through as a woman. You question your ability as a mother full stop when you have unsuccessfully failed from wanting to do the most natural and god given trait so many other woman seem to breeze through. Its almost like a slap in the face! Going through trying to birth your child naturally only to be sliced open and having the child forcefully removed from your womb takes away some of your dignity as a female.

While others may see c/s as an easy resort....its the emotional baggage that moves in long after your baby has been born that is the crusher