Hello, everyone. I have been following this thread with quite some interest because I am planning to have a caesarean (oops gotta get pg first LOL). In my case, it's a reaction to a very traumatic first augmented birth experience with very poorly managed pain relief. It's taken me 9 years and the promise of a caesarean to be able to contemplate having another child. The way I see it, for me a c/s (with all the attendant post surgical pain and weeks of recovery) is the lesser of two evils.

Lorin, you might like to talk to your gp, and midwives at your local hospital, to find out about the criteria required by the public health system for a c/s. You might be surprised. The other alternative is to save your money, buy private health insurance, and find an obstetrician in your area who is happy to do an elective c/s on request.