WOuld like some advice as am now starting to lose all sense of perspective!

I had an em-cs with DS after a long induced labour. In our area, we are fortunate in having a dedicated maternity hospital. Within it, there is midwife led-unit - like a birth centre within the hospital, which is where I started off my induction. After hours of making slow but continuing progress, I was moved to another floor, to the cosultant led unit becuase the midwife on duty said she wasn't happy with my progress. I was put on the drip to strengthen contractions, on continuous monitoring, and ended up asking for an epidural - I found the pain too hard to cope with stuck in bed. DS - who was 9lb10 - moved into an awkward position, my progress stalled, and I ended up with a section.

With this pregnancy, I am going for a VBAC - however I have been told that the hospital protocol is that I must be on the consultant led unit, cannuala inserted, continuous monitoring, nil by mouth. I was very upset about this,as I feel my best chance of a VBAC is on the midwife led unit. My midwife referred me to a consultant, and made out that it was simply a case of getting them to sign off on this. She also said I could have "mobile" monitoring. The consultant refused to ok my being on the midwife unit, and said they couldn't promise mobile monitoring. She has in turn referred me to a consultant midwife,to talk about a birth plan - but the idea is how to make being on the consultant led ward better for me, rather than agreeing to what I am asking for.

I hated the consultant unit, it had a completely different atmosphere, and my progress stalled as soon as I was moved there. I feel that I have a much lower chance of a successful VBAC there. However, the hospital are being really rigid. DO I keep pushing this, or am I ignoring reasonable medical advice and being unecessarily demanding?!?!