I think what we are talking about here, is not having an Ob as part of your pregnancy or birth, not being part of a hospital per-say but giving birth at a standalone birthing unit (like a birth centre) but instead of being affiliated with a hospital they are independent and your entire pregnancy and birth is monitored and cared for solely by midwives. In a hospital (even public) you are still monitored by an Ob. And given the amount of politics and closures with our current birthing centres an independent midwifery centre would be more successful and less likely to close without big guns putting the pressure on because they are associated with a specific hospital. In the US they have centres like this where women can experience a low interventional birth (don't get me wrong I'm not saying the system there is perfect but there are a handful of independent midwifery led birthing centres, which is something I think we lack here).

Its great that people have faith in our medical system, and its great that women have had good experiences. I too had an awesome private hospital birth. But having said that I would have loved an option like this, and I think thats the whole point women should be allowed to have this as a choice.