Well, call legal aid in your county or state —they might point you in the right direction in terms of giving your (unofficial) husband you medical surrogate or medical power of attorney agent. And obviously ask for their advice about c sections. Sometimes lawyers know the “magic words” to say that will get a hospital or doctor to back off.
Remember that sometimes if you want to be released against medical advice they will send a shrink ro talk to you. They may intentionally try to provoke you (I have seen this) because if you make a threat or hit them or push them they can have you held on a psych eval for 48 hrs, so dont do anything “crazy”, even if you are stressed.
In closing I would like to add that even though some hospitals are performing unecessary c sections, some are necessary, so don’t be totally opposed to the c section. And good luck!
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