Oh dear, that sounds like the one about a man having large feet means he'll have a large penis
I wouldn't compare with your mother really either to be honest... My mum had a similar sort of labour by the sounds in 1977, but talking to her further made me realise it was probably nothing to do with pelvis size. She had little support, was expected to be on her back in the bed the whole time & was monitored. All of those things can lead to bad positioning for the baby & as a result a bad ending to the labour (a c/s for my mum as well). These days labour & birth is a lot different because we know about keeping active & being upright.
As for telling how big your baby is 3 weeks prior to the due date, how is he planning on doing that? To be honest I've not heard of a single case where a scan has been right in determining baby's size prior to birth. I was told my bub would be around 7lb but he was 8lb 14oz, nearly 2lb over the predicition. Lots of other people have had it go the other way - having c/s for so called big babies & them turning out to be 6lb.
Unless there is some medicaly necessary reason for having a c/s then I would go naturally if I were you. You never know, bub might be teeny tiny or you could push out a 10lb baby with ease. There's no way to predict what's going to happen until you're in labour.
Good luck with it & I wouldn't be worried about your foot size!
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