*mwah* thanks guys! you're support means a whole lot, i really mean it!

kelly: thanks for the link! i read what you posted in about 3 seconds...just gobbling up every bit of info like the cookie monster lol!

I have been given a list of IMs by a good friend of mine who is a midwife and has offered to be birth support, so i guess i will just have to go through the list. my main aim is to have someone that we feel comfortable with (obviously), but it would be ideal to have someone that has some understanding of birth trauma and healing and/or postnatal depression. having suffered with it last time i am needing to surround myself with understanding ITMS. she will not need to be a in a counsellor role (i have those networks in action already), but just someone that 'gets it' and will be able to understand some of my responses if they fall outside of 'normal'...ITMS...i might be asking too much though

Also, i am almost certain that i will need postnatal support. DH and I have no family around and last time i felt the loneliness in those first few weeks to be crippling. so it would be nice to have someone come around every now and then for a cuppa and a chat

argh, i feel silly, as i think i am asking for too much LOL! eeeppp! i dont wanna be seen as crazy pregnant lady lol!