I was given the option of VBAC for ds, and elected a section. That said, my medical situation (pre eclampsia) and his position (footling breech) would have heavily indicated a section delivery regardless.
Re the driving thing Ladycake, I was driving 3 weeks after the delivery of ds.....I was fine. The catheter was out within about 24 hours.
I'd already had an epidural during dd's longe labour before I had the section, so all I needed was a top up. The spinal I had with ds was less pleasent, as it dropped my bp, and made me feel a bit sick and shivery, but that was swiftly sorted out.
Dd and ds were both handed to me in the operating room, and as I said, I BF both of hem in the delivery room. I was walking about the next day, a little like groucho marx (smile] but then some of the ladies with a vaginal delivery were stitting down on a rubber ring, so that evened it out a bit!
My plan was always to have a VD, but thanks to the medics, I'm here and so are both my kids. I wouldn't underplay the possible consquences of a CS, that would be stupid, but both of mine were amazignly positive experiences. maybe the NHS needs to look into what makes a CS positive, and extend the practice that I had (both times, in different hospitals BTW) to all hospitals.