Oh, I'm delighted to read this. Your midwife rocks.

The obstetrician's inability to give you a sound reason why you were being advised to have a section reminds me of what happened when I questioned H. St's no-eating-in-labour policy. Vague handwaving and incomprehension that the Word of a Doctor wasn't enough. Also "you won't feel like eating, you know" - not unlike "in your position I'd want a section". *raspberry* to them. Yah.