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Elective for first birth?

I’m 11 weeks pregnant and have known since before conception I wanted a c-section. I have only known friends who had traumatic natural births and do not want to risk the “worst of both worlds” with a traumatic natural birth and THEN emergency c-section anyway.
Has anyone else here done this, if so how did you go about telling your midwife, and friends?! I feel there’s so much judgement even though it is supposedly MY choice.

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Did it too and LOVED it. Super calm, chilled, happy, trauma free. So nice, I did it twice 😊

Midwife said that’s fine, she did too. Referred me to an obstetrician, she did it too (that spoke volumes to me). Friends and family didn’t care at all, they all had traumatic vaginal births, my mum begged for one and was denied in the 90s so she was over the moon I didn’t have to go through it.

Same here! Always knew I wanted a c-section over natural birth. Literally everyone I know had a complication when giving natural birth. There is nothing you need to do, justify or convince anyone in order to have it. You simply say you want an elective c-section and they will give it to you. Apparently 50% of women have c sections these days!

I'm in the same boat as you and have had no issue asking my OB. The only cavaet she gave me was that if baby came early and was already in position/I was dialated she might ask me to go vaginal. But I'm scheduled for a c-section at 39w and 3d and she said most versions of him coming early my preference would also be respected if I came straight to the hospital.

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