I had VBAC 2nd time around. First baby overdue, went into be induced, they took one look at my size and babys and opted for a C section.
Second baby I wanted VBAC, but I got a 2nd opinion and was told due to my skin type and 10Lb first born, I should opt for another C secion as I'd probably have problems later on.
I ignored the advice and the hospital and midwives were amenable to VBAC and I felt it was the right course at the time. He came on his due date after 10 hour labour from beginning to end. Was able to stay at home until 10 centimetres dilated, went in and was ready to start pushing, but I was rubbish at that bit and so it took another 3 hours to get him out. I had no pain relief, not even gas and air. I did have appesitomy and was monitored throughout with a sensor that midwife kept pushing on my pubic bone to hear the heartbeat, and she wanted to put and IV in but I refused and she agreed not to. It was straight forward and exactly according to birth-plan (down to the silly thing I wrote about no pain relief)!
Over-all I'm glad I had the experience of birth, although I found the healing after a delivering a 9lb baby longer than the C section and more painful purely down to bad piles and an infection following many stitches. I think the 2nd opinion I had, was in hindsight correct. I do now have one or two problems due to my skin type and delivering large babies. So do all your research and take advice, I think I had a bit of a earth-mother view about wanting to give birth naturally and it 'completing me as a woman' milarky, when in the very long-run, having less post birth problems over the years would have been better. But DS lovely boy of 8 now and all worth it in the end.