Hi! I may have some good news!!!!

I just contacted the lay midwife, S, that has been at all my births. She has just started working with the 'new-to-homebirth' MW, M, who didn't want to take me on because of the distance!
This is fab! S only lives 5 or 10 mins away from me now. S told me that M is reluctant to travel to my town, so S can do the antenatal appointments and has a great chance of arriving to my birth in plenty of time. So M doesn't have to worry about that. Yay! I am feeling really hopeful about this. It all rests with M now. I hope she agrees. I have left a message on her mobile, telling her that I have spoken to S. And, even better, S and M have a meeting tonight anyway, so S will be able to talk to her.

I am feeling really positive about this. I think I am going to get my homebirth after all!!!!! And I feel really good that S will be there. She has been at all my births. I have total faith and trust in her abilities. She is so incredibly intuitive. I wish I had called her sooner. Although, I get the impression that this arrangement/partnership is a very recent development. So maybe I have contacted her at exactly the right time.