This is why ladies should not be made to feel guilty, having weighed up the quality of their local maternity services, pre-emptively insisting on a C-section instead.
I did. Midwife in charge on the post-natal ward was extremely unprofessional and rude about my choice.
Given the size of my babies and scandalous poor quality of care cases involving my local maternity unit hitting the national newspapers ever since, I stand by my decision as being the right one to ensure I minimised the risk to myself and my babies.
C-section won't prevent medical/midwifery mistakes (there's a horrific one in the national press about the outcome of a botched use of forceps during a C-section somewhere in the UK) but I personally believe it is less risky than being at the mercy of an understaffed maternity unit or out of hours services once you do get into trouble with a vaginal delivery.