What is the soonest you can schedule to have a planned c-section? i've heard you can plan to your baby at 35 weeks if you choose.

Not a good idea: We don't cut a woman open to take out a baby unless a vaginal delivery would be more dangerous than the surgical way. We don't take a baby out before he is fully developed, unless it is more dangerous to stay inside the mother. Babies are not finished at 35 weeks (sometimes, something very bad happens if delivered at 35 weeks). As the saying goes, one shall open no wine until its time.

39 weeks: In the absence of a medical reason to perform a cesarean delivery the soonest hospitals, following keystone guidelines, will allow physicians on staff to perform an "elective" c/section is 39 completed weeks.