This is an interesting thread. I must say I'd never actually noticed the tendancy for LTTTCers/IVFers to opt for a c/s.

There really was absolutely no doubt in my mind that our baby would be born via VB and to be honest, my ob never mentioned any other option. But one of the reasons I chose him was because I knew he had a low intervention policy, which proved to be gold once we passed our EDD. One of my biggest fears at the end of my prg (there were many during, prg following a loss is HARD, let alone an IVF prg) was that we'd make it all the way and then something would go 'wrong' during labour and we'd end up with a c/s. I was terrified of the idea of a c/s.

BUT - like Sushee our IVF prg was a result of secondary infertility. I had birthed a baby vaginally before. Although I must admit that after losing our second baby, having to conceive via IVF and a few surgeries in between I had (and have) lost all faith in my body to do what it should do.

The other benefit I had was that I'd had pretty major surgery to remove a large cyst from my ovary. The recovery was long and extremely painful. There was no way I could grasp the concept of being in that much pain AND trying to care for a newborn baby. There is no way I'd sign up for that.