R.,
Do some serious research on your own before you make a decision. Your doctors are right, the chances of the same thing happening again are very slim. Each labor is different (as is each baby). A repeat c-section has many more risks for you. Hemmorage, blood clots, and back problems later in life are much more common for c-section moms. Also, it is good for a baby to experience labor. Babies who are born through elective c-section (without a trial of labor) are much more likely to suffer from allergies and asthma.
Additionally, if you plan to have any additional children, there are added risks. Each c-section creates scaring that increases the chances of both miscarriage and placenta previa. After two c-sections, it is nearly impossible to find a provider who will allow you a trial of labor. The National Institute of Health (NIH) now recommends that every woman who had a primary c-section with reasons that are unlikely to repeat and who has a low transverse scar should plan to birth vaginally. NIH and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynocologists made this recommendation in late 2010 and it is taking some time to get OBs to change from the old mindset of once a c-section always a c-section.
Please visit some websites and get some evidence based medicine rather than opinions of other moms:
www.vbac.org
www.ican-online.org
http://www.motherfriendly.org/
http://www.childbirthconnection.org/
www.acog.org
www.nih.gov
I had a c-section with my first baby in 2006. My OB insisted that we should induce - but did not give me a reason why other than it was my due date. I did no research and it turns out that she wanted to induce because she was going on vacation. Well, induction failed and I had a c-section. My baby was little (barely 6 pounds), had trouble breathing initially, didn't latch, had jaundice, etc... I had switched providers for baby #2 in 2010 and had a very VBAC friendly OB along with a great doula. Unfortunately, he was posterior with a double nuchal hand and after 42 hours of natural (that is right, unmedicated) labor, he was born via c-section. My OB told me in no uncertain terms that she had checked my previous scar (it was in great condition) and that if I have another baby, I will have a trial of labor. She doesn't do elective c-sections. We don't plan another baby, but I would definately plan to VBAC. My 2nd baby was 8lbs, 8 oz, had no complications at all, latched and nursed on the operating table and has had none of the problems that my first baby had. I am certain it is because he picked his own birthday and because he had virtually no exposure to any drugs.
Best wishes,
C.