Tiff has a point. I probably would have done the c-section but I think I would have asked the father first. Though, when you're in that kind of situation you don't necessarily think things through.
I also don't know how the father would treat his son. There is the possibility that he blames his son and isn't close but there is also the possibility that he is very protective of his son because he sees him as the last remaining piece of his wife.