I have had 2 c-sections now and have been told by my ob that i will need to have another one this time because my uterus started to rupture when i was in labour with Ryan
I find that the recovery isn't as bad as i'd been led to believe before i had Nick, and after Ryan it was a breeze.
I have had both an emergency c-section with Nick for fetal distress after induction and 7 hours of labour at 10 days overdue and an elective with Ryan at 38 weeks because he turned twice (head down to breech, then breech to transverse) in 3 hours and thats when my uterus started to rupture, but no-one new until they opened me up, so we were very lucky.
I must say that the elective was far easier in reguards to recovery, but maybe being in labour beforehand, made #1 harder to recover from

Anyway, goodluck for whatever you decide