This is very appropriate

I found this article,USATODAY.com - Battle lines drawn over C-sections, and it is very applicable to my situation.

Enzo was born via c-section back in 2002. The reasons for the c-section: primarily cephalopelvic disproportion ( a fancy way to say that his head was bigger than my pelvic opening), and a failure to progress, probably due to the disproportion. I never dilated more than 4 cm.

My doctor gave me the choice: VBAC or repeat scheduled c-section.

I chose the repeat c-section after a lot of consultation with both my doctor as well as Doctor Google. The reasons for my decision were partly personal, partly medical. My pelvis isn't any bigger now than it was 3 years ago. Enzo wasn't an abnormally large baby. I don't think he even qualified as large. He weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces. This baby seems larger (or at least my belly is bigger). I've had some bad luck with pregnancy complications (none life-threatening up to this point, knock on wood) and given my past track record, I would be the one in the statistical minority who has major VBAC complications, such as uterine rupture. So since the reason for the c-section the first time is something that's still present, I'd rather not risk the possibility of labour-related complications, as well as the selfish part of me that doesn't want to go through another 24+ hour labour only to end up in the operating room again. Plus, there's the issue of Enzo this time. While I'm having this baby, his caregiver is going to be my sister. She lives over 30 minutes away. I don't want to have to drag Enzo up to the hospital in the middle of the night to wait for her to come get him. So since I know when we're going to have the baby, she's going to take him the night before and then bring him to the hospital after the baby's here and we're all settled.

I know my decision might not be the right one for everyone. But it's the right one for me. And that's all that matters. Because after all, we all know that it's all about me, right?