Thanks have changed a lot in the even past 5 years. Doctors are too afraid of the John Edwards of the country and cannot afford their malpractice insurance to cover VBACs.
The doctors when I had mine thought the same way too. But at the time, my doctor was a resident with me when my first was born and he was my ob/gyn with my second child. He wasn't stuck in the 'this is the way it has to be' mind set. He has become one of the top fertization problem doctors in the mid-west.
Like I said, he had the operating room on stand by and my delivery room was right next door, so I had no problems at least trying and neither did he.
If your scar is horizontal on the uterus, then you have no problems with it. In my case, my former doctor failed to note that, so we were flying blind almost. I was his first natural birth after c-section, so he was extra careful about keeping notes and an eye on me.