Requesting a Caesarean

Once your past your due date and they start offering you an induction, can you request to have a C-Section instead if you do not want to be induced? Even if the only reason is pure preference?
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Might depend where you are but yes, I was able to do this. Got to 42 weeks and declined further induction after having my waters broken failed and opted to have a section instead. It was still classed as an emergency section but the lowest schedule.

If you are in the UK they cannot refuse you a c-section.

So I booked in for an elective c section at 41 weeks. That gives my body time to go into spontaneous labour, but the c section is there in case I don’t, as I don’t want to be induced x

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