I''m just a lurker, so my points are not from someone who is a LTTTCer or using AC. So I'll be extra careful in what I say!

Firstly, the idea that c/s is safer abounds for most pg women (who knows why?). In our antenatal class when we were discussing c/s, etc, we had to nominate points to go against each birthing option (pros and cons), for vb, c/s, drugs, etc, and when I suggested c/s wasn't as safe for mother or baby both the m/w and the class were HORRIFIED that I could bring this up. Which is ironic, because at the time with my placenta praevia it looked like I'd be the one most likely to go down that path... (and did, much to my disappointment). My ob also mentioned that older women and those who'd taken longer to get to pg were the ones most likely to request a c/s. Not something he endorsed.

I also wondered if it might not have something to do with using a specialist? If you've seen a FS and you don't want to be left hanging with no one paying any attention to this hard-won pg, the idea of waiting weeks and weeks to see someone might lead many down the path of an ob? Also seeing the one person probably appeals, given that there have been so many specialists and drs involved and I imagine not all of them good! Plus, you are probably talking about a group of mothers-to-be with private health insurance who are looking into private hospitals. And we all know that obs and private hospitals have higher rates of c/s. Personally, I think one of the reasons this is the case is that these options are more readily available (I read in a recent study for eg that women in private hospitals were more likely to have an epi simply because an anaesthetist was likely to be able to respond more quickly than in a public hospital, not because they were more likely to ask, and then, the intervention cascade thing occurs...).

Just my two cents!