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In our mother's generation the maxim "once a caesar, always a caesar" was very true. Caesareans were much rarer than they are now - so when they were done it was usually because they were genuinely needed. And they were often classical incisions as opposed to the bikini incisions that they do now which are safer for vbac. So alot of people, women in particular of that generation still tend to take the view that if a caesar was done, it must have been for a good reason and you will always need to have one from now on.
That is precisely why i was a c-section Tobily! I was perfectly healthy and pregnancy was normal, but after my brother's emergency birth they weren't willing to let my mum try VBAC. I don't know what her uterine incision was like, her abdominal scar was low transverse, but because my brother was premature and there was full praevia it's possible they had to cut quite high to get him out without causing even more bleeding. I would have been 40weeks on NOvember 3rd, but was delivered by c-section on October 17th. Mum was the first woman in her hospital to have a section under spinal anaesthesia with me - up until then you HAD to have GA. I do think that makes a huge difference to the perceptions of women of older generations, but the attitude that they need to say exactly what is in their head, however negative and critical it is, particularly to vulnerable pregnant women, GRATES on me! LOL.