midget there are concerns about both VBAC and ELCS and it is clearly not a straightforward decision to make.
I am AMAZED they are considering inducing you having previously had a section. Utterly amazed, and that is a risk I personally would not be prepared to take.
First timers may want to skip this bit. I have experience of induction when i was overdue by 1 week, and showing signs of Pre eclampsia. With me nothing happened for two days of pessaries, until the drip, and then I went from 0-100 in seconds. I could not breathe as there was no gap between contractions. After trying to cope on gas and air, I begged them to kill me and cut the baby out. I had an epidural, which did not take first time. Once it was in, that was fine, but I could not feel my legs, and being on a drip, monitor, epidural and catheter, there was no way I could move, and even with the drip on high, I took a long time to progress. One thing led to another, and I was promised a section as baby was in distress, however theatres were busy, so she was ripped out of me, I had a huge bleed, and it was utterly terrifying. It took two hours of baby being in distress before she was born, and I thought she was going to be stillborn. I also thought I would die, and DH thought the same. Some people have a lovely story around their induction, so this is not necessarily going to happen to you.
My ELCS was wonderful. I felt that everything was very controlled, and I was able to plan and rest beforehand. I was showing signs of pre-eclampsia again, but know that I would be delivering soon, so felt safe. Siting the spinal was a lot easier without contracting, and the atmosphere was very calm. Had to wait a few hours due to emergencies, but that was just annoying, rather than terrifying like the first time. Aftercare left a bit to be desired on the pain control front, but this time I will be more confident to challenge staff. I also had shoulder pain, which was left untreated. I have peppermint oil for it this time. I was home sooner, healed quicker, and milk came in sooner with the section. Yes it is an operation, but on a well person, not for disease, and you have the lovely distraction of a baby afterwards.
With you midget, there is the concern that your placenta may fail before 39 weeks. Hopefully you will be closely monitored in relation to this. A section prior to 39 weeks is only advisable on medical grounds, which surely covers this.
A natural birth prior to 37 weeks may appear ideal, so you could have sweeps, and do all you could to start it off. You still have to consider the big baby thing, which might result in an EMCS anyway. In relation to weight estimates, they thought DD2 was 8lb on the day of the section. She was 10lb 3.
I would personally go for an ELCS, and talk to the consultant about this happening earlier, associated risks etc. if you have consented to an ELCS you could always have a trial of labour if things were to kick off before the date.
How about a thread about this in childbirth? This is just my opinion and I am not a midwife.