ELCS in Milton Keynes hospital

[Olesya85]

Hello, I have read a lot about elective c-section recently and understand that every hospital decides themselves whether to give you one or not.
I am 8 weeks right now in my second pregnancy. First pregnancy ended as EMCS after was induced and it did brought the contractions on, but cervix wasn't dilating over 2cm. It was 9 years ago. I really don't know all the details about it as I was young and scared, so I let them do whatever they thought was necessary. It was also in Estonia.
Now I live in Milton Keynes and want to have ELCS. Does anyone here have any experience with MK hospital and their policy on ELCS and attitude towards it? I don't want to have VBAC and even thinking of it makes my hands and knees shake.
Also, my other choices would ne Northampton hospital or Bedford hospital, if MKH will refuse to give me ELCS - maybe anyone knows anything about their policies.
P. S. My notes from 1st birth in Estonia are already with my mum and she should send them to me within the next week, but they are in Estonian. Should I get them translated with professionals or the consultant would be ok with me translating them myself?

Sorry, if my English is not the best.
Thanks in advance.

1. Get a professional, who understands medical terms to translate your notes. Even if your English is brilliant, you may not be able to properly translate certain words or terms unless you have a medical background. It might be worth discussing this with your midwife or the hospital as they will probably be able to recommend someone suitable or be able to do it on your behalf.

2. I can't comment on the policies of individual hospitals. There are very few that would refuse you outright if you have previously had an EMCS. Generally, it is easier to get an ELCS due to a previous CS than for other reasons, though you may feel pressurised to try for a VBAC where ever you go because there is a push to try and 'normalise' birth throughout the NHS at the moment.

3. On top of your previous birth, you may also be able to use the fact that you are anxious about a VBAC to support your case for an ELCS. The NICE guidelines, do support women suffering from anxiety, and though not universally followed, they are a powerful argument that you can use if you are getting a hostile response to an ELCS.

My advice would be to go with whichever hospital you think is best generally, and not to worry too much about policy at this stage, as your chances of being able to get an ELCS are fairly good. They all have fairly standard rates of ELCS performed. Northampton does have slightly more, but this probably because they take higher risk cases which distorts the figures slightly anyway, rather than being more pro-ELCS.

If you do face opposition, then you probably better challenging it at one hospital rather than chopping and changing anyway - you may have the same problems elsewhere anyway and have less time to resolve it. It would be better for you to build up a relationship with your midwives and go from there anyway.