both forms of intervention seem quite drastic ...
They are drastic! Whatever happened to the option of natural birth? It's not too late to change care providers if you feel that your ob is not meeting your needs. You might like to do some research around caesareans, the operation, the risks, the risks for future pregnancies, your chance of ever birthing vaginall again after a caesarean,. and also the risks of induction ... one of which is caesarean.

What you've not tried is a physiological birth positions (like, off the bed, kneeling, all founrs etc) and pushing only when your body tells you that you need to. It makes a huge difference to the body's ability to birth a baby when we work with our bodies, not against them.