Midwife / Doula team?

I am planning a home birth for our first baby (hopefully May!).

I will be using Jan Ireland as my independent midwife, and she works with another midwife also, for home births. So, there will be Jan, the other MW, and my DH.

I wouls also like a Doula, so that there is someone to support me directly (rather than the birth / baby). I have two concerns / questions:

Firstly, we live in a 2 bedroom apartment. It seems trivial, but will things be a bit, erm, squishy with me plus 4 people (and a birth pool!)? Is this a problem?

Secondly - how crucial is it that the midwives and the Doula get on well? Is it better if they have worked together before?

How exciting!!

Just in response to your space issue. I have a 2 bedroom unit and had my dd2 in may @ home. We had my 2yo dd and 2 MW's and my DH and my Doula as well as my mum and MIL and a birth pool!! I loved it and wouldn't have had it any other way. It was a bit squishy so i went for a big walk and then laboured in the tiny kitchen with mainly my doula, then had my dd2 in the bathroom with 6 of us in my tiny bathroom.
I hope it works out for you, all the best my Midwives and doula worked as part of a lovely team.

hope you figure it out!

:family:
me (21) :inlove: DH (22)
DD1 :wiggle: 15.10.2007
DD2 :babygirl: 14.05.2009