Sherry,
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Bliss,
Reason for choosing elective c-sect is I personally feel more comfortable with c-sect as I dun think I can take the labour distress and going for emergency c-sect @ the last min. So might as well, go for the easy way.
For #1, I manage quite well after the delivery. So hopefully if all goes well, #2 can juz be as easy as #1.
sberry,
I guess for helpers, it depends on luck. I dun think it's so much on maid agencies. For the last maid agencies that I encounter, some are quite nice and understanding though some are practically siding the helpers and considering their stand. Browsing through the bio-data of the helpers is more impt. But of coz, good maid agents will understand your requirements and help you filter the bio-data before getting you to browse thru the huge stack of datafiles.