Hi Rach,
Before I was diagnosed with APLS I went through the same thought process, and had decided that I wanted to go through the midwife program as a preference - for many of the same reasons you have identified, and because I wanted something 'normal' post IVF (that is my mental picture of it anyway). However after being 'high risk' we are going private. I think we still could have gone public, but not through the midwives - we would have ended up seeing different obs depending who was on duty.

Good luck with your decision, and I'm sure if you need to you could always change your mind or get second opionions if you have any doubts during the pg.

Good luck
FG