Congrats on your BFP, Sepata! In my very limited experience, I just put feelers out explaining it was very early days. Sent an email asking a few questions, although being remote I didnt have many options but I thought touching base couldnt be a bad thing. Asking questions, looking at what each IM offers and getting quotes etc isnt committing so it cant hurt. Good luck with it!
I would suggest calling them. You get a good feel over the phone whether you would like to meet up or not. I booked in super early this time and that was lucky because my midwife turned down two girls due the same time as me, her back up midwife is away around my edd so she decided to only take on one client that month. We had a few phone calls before 12 weeks and then we met at 12 weeks to talk about her service and prices etc. My last HBM I called at 26 weeks, met her and employed her straight away. Two very different experiences.
Ringing cannot hurt, I would choose that over email, it is more personal.
Goodluck on your homebirth journey, there is a great homebirth thread here too, so I might see you there!
Phone calls are way better than e-mails. It gives you a better chance of seeing if they are right for you, and experience from the homebirth thread is that not all midwives are internet savvy or use email as their primary mode of communication, so email can get left unanswered.
Don't wait, just give them a call now. Some midwives book up early, much better to appear keen than to miss out because you waited.
Join the homebirth thread, and you might find people who know the midwives you are thinking of.
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