Just wondering if anyone has had any experiences with family birthing suites that offer a Midwiffery level of care, rather than an OB.

At the Angliss Hospital (public), they have a family birthing suite where you can book in, the rooms have a queen size bed with a small dining table and couch etc, and your partners and children can stay in the room with you, you have more lenient visiting hours etc.

So basically you go and see an OB for your first check up just to make sure there are no complications, but from there you only deal with the midwives, they organise your ultrasounds and tests and all that kind of thing, or you go through your GP for that, and the midwives deliver your bubs (unless there are complications of course, when a specialist is bought in)

what are peoples thoughts on this, do you think it is neccessary to go through an OB. this is our first child, so we need all the advice we can get!