Here is the irony. When pg the first time, I only considered using a private ob because I was worried about complications and wanted the "best care". The only complications I had were AS A RESULT of the interventions I had because I had a private ob and the "best care". Second time I did go the ob route again, but with loads more information and I did avoid the interventions and problems of the first birth. I doubt I'll have any more, but if I did I would LOVE the option of mw led care. For me, the biggest risk during labour is the interventions you can end up with in hossy!!

Why do midwives have to be a government funded option?
Kuraiza, why shouldn't they be? It would cost the government a lot less money to fund mws for homebirths and have fewer ob patients in hospitals. Not to mention what it would do for hospital waiting lists, and ob beds could be reduced and replaced with surgical beds.