*hugs*
I was only talking the other day to a chick who is looking at her options for where to give birth to her 2nd child. and well...there are no options. where we live it is 'go ot the base hosptial' (which we all know how i feel about there...and im not the only one I have since found out) or 'spend over $10,000 to go to the private hosptial'. that is all. we only have 1 private midwife who will come to our area, and she is spread so thin that she no longer offers home antenatal appointments, you have to go her (and she lives 300km away) and cant guarentee she will even make it intime for your birth. and this is for someone who isn't attempting a VBAC.
add on all that other crap about 'damaged goods' (BS if you ask me), and there are no options. =( it really sucks balls. how did we in a modern developed 1st world come to this crap.

...ok i think i may have vented my own stuff there...sorry. but I so know where you are coming from and i agree.