Why all the opinions on c-sections?

[becmc]

Fiona,
The best way for a second medical opinion would be take a private midwife to hospital with you, which I was going to do for this birth but then we decided on homebirth.

Just from my first experience,
I was induced due to being ten days over but baby and I were fine, my first big mistake, the ob actually told me there was no way I would go into labour naturally! (midwife probably would have suggested waiting a bit longer),
In full on labour was made to lie on back, was told baby was in severe distress (midwife would have suggested changing position as lying on back cuts off oxygen to bub causing distress, midwife would have told me babies heart rate only went down to 120bpm which is far from distressed),
after c/s baby was perfectly fine but taken away from me immediately and i was wheeled to recovery alone (midwife may have suggested to me that i request holding baby and dh/bub to come to recovery).

That is just an example of things that can happen and at the time you don't really think any different but having someone there with a second opinion really can make all the difference. I firmly believe I would have avoided my c/s had I have had a private midwife there.

Private midwives can't do anything medical in hospital, but can certainly offer advice and be an advocate for your rights.