Thanks MadB & Jennifer - you have clarified the continuity of care part alot - I was sort of confused as to how it would work, but it seems like the teams of mws are smaller than at a hospital & obviously you see them for appts, rather than an OBS.
At the hospital I had DD at, it is a small local hospital that caters for a maximum of 16 maternity patients but did say that if they were over that number then they use the general ward. I think I was lucky (it was 4 years ago) to been assigned my mw so many times but I was in hosptial for 8 days (me choice). I would need to visit each of the centres to see what I thought and actually chatted to the staff. I know there have been changes at the hospital where I had my DD due to population growth, so they offer mws to come and visit you at home if you discharge 'early' but I don't know how many mws they have and who gets assigned etc....
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We were out of pocket quite a lot and it turned out to be a more expensive exercise than I would have thought - call it the naivity of a first pregnancy! We are TTC for bub number 2 and I am thinking of a shared care arrangement with my lovely GP who is alligned with the Women's which is very good from what I have heard. I am guessing with a shared care situation this might be better if you are classed as high risk which I wasn't with our first baby?
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