I asked around for some MWs recs from my doula and a few people I knew. I checked reviews for them on bellybelly and joyous birth and spoke to a few on the phone to feel them out (and determine that they were in fact out of my area). A bunch of the midwives in my area work in the same practice which has "meet the midwives" information nights, so I went to one of those and chose my MW from them as she was the one I just *knew* was for me.
I've heard there are a couple of IMs in Sydney working in collaboration with Pesce and they don't have good reputations for supporting out of the box labours so I'd be checking into that and try not to be too won over by a MW who can bill medicare
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