Surrogacy?
Seriously.
That is one of the worst pieces of advice I've ever seen on the subject and I find it incredibly offensive too.
It is YOUR opinion that a C-section give less control. That is totally subjective. There are plenty of women who have been through the experience (and in some cases had a vb too) and would disagree with you in the strongest possible terms.
Where did the OP say anything about having a baby before 39 weeks? You've stuck that in to alarm her. If you are scheduled for a CS under these circumstances, if you go into labour early, then you normally get treated as an Emergency and will simply get the next available theatre slot. It is unlike if you are planning to have a baby normally, where you wait for contractions to be a certain distance apart before going to hospital. If you are having a planned ELCS you instead go at the slightest hint of a contraction to get checked out. This gives you far more time before the baby might arrive. Exceptionally few women 'just pop' a baby out in a matter of minutes - ESPECIALLY first time mothers. The reality is that unless you are very very unlucky, you will still have an ELCS. (I have heard of one maybe two cases where this hasn't happened - I must stress just how unusual this is though).
And how do you intend to go about surrogacy? Its hard to get one, unless you have a female relative prepared to do it. Then there is the decision over whether the child is biologically yours or not. Going through the procedures for egg removal are not really going to solve the problem for someone with these problems.
Then its just a slap in the face for understanding why having a child of your own is important to women who have tokophobia. There is a sense already of not being regarded by society as 'good enough' because you are somehow weak for not feeling able to go through a VB. This is why I think you comment is so unbelievable offensive. It reinforces that feeling and that sense that you are some how less of a woman. What women in this situation need is the support to go through with a pregnancy and have that experience and to have the support to go through with childbirth themselves. Not be told that they might somehow be incapable of it.
That support is not necessarily a CS in every case. Sometimes women in this situation can change their minds if they are listened to, given enough support and grow to trust the staff treating them. An pre-agreed CS is a safety net as part of this process and an essential part. It then gives power to the woman concerned to do what she feels is best without any pressure. In my case that wasn't enough for me, but after having been through the process I understand just how much you can change how you feel and how someone might decide to go for a VB afterall.
Support and someone saying - its ok to feel the way you do - is part of it all. You are normal and just need that extra understanding.
Surrogacy has its place in women's health, but suggesting it in this context is deeply deeply unhelpful and fails to understand the problem and instead is more likely to be damaging.