Yeah...I'm gonna do it! I posted last week about how my midwife is gonna be on vacation for the next two weeks. She is in a practice of 3 midwives but she's the only one who will do a waterbirth and last week she told me she was going to be on vacation for the two weeks leading up to my due date. 
: So with only one weeks notice I'm trying to find a new care provider!
I did a little looking around online (esp on here) and found a team of 2 midwives who have a freestanding birth center about 15 minutes from me. I called and talked to them about my situation and they said they already had 4 moms booked who were due in august, but that they were willing to take me on as long as I knew that if they were with one of these pre-booked moms I would just have to birth at the original hospital I was with. I think my chances sound pretty good...right?
The catch is that I don't think my insurance is gonna go for it. They are willing to cut their normal fee back to $1800 since there's no real prenatal care involved but that's still quite a chunk of change that I wasn't planning on spending! She said that they would like it upfront but when I told her that wasn't a possibility she said they would work with me. Anyone have any experience in getting insurance to help out and/or what kind of financial arrangements the midwives might offer me?
I HOPE this works!!! It's what I really wanted from the get-go, but made the midwife-in-a-hospital concession for hubby. He's gotten over his fears now but I can't belive I'm having to switch care providers at 38.5 weeks preggo! I'm still mad that I didn't get more notice for a friggin VACATION!!! I went in today for my last scheduled appt with my old MW and to pick up a copy of my records. I didn't say anything since there's a chance I could still give birth there but she just acted like I'd still be sittin here preggo when she got back waiting for her! Maybe she knows something I don't, but I'm not willing to go off her hunch to make sure I get the birth I want. This is my last baby and last time was a spiral of interventions stemming from pre-E. I just want to do everything I can to make this one the birth of my dreams!
: So with only one weeks notice I'm trying to find a new care provider!I did a little looking around online (esp on here) and found a team of 2 midwives who have a freestanding birth center about 15 minutes from me. I called and talked to them about my situation and they said they already had 4 moms booked who were due in august, but that they were willing to take me on as long as I knew that if they were with one of these pre-booked moms I would just have to birth at the original hospital I was with. I think my chances sound pretty good...right?
The catch is that I don't think my insurance is gonna go for it. They are willing to cut their normal fee back to $1800 since there's no real prenatal care involved but that's still quite a chunk of change that I wasn't planning on spending! She said that they would like it upfront but when I told her that wasn't a possibility she said they would work with me. Anyone have any experience in getting insurance to help out and/or what kind of financial arrangements the midwives might offer me?
I HOPE this works!!! It's what I really wanted from the get-go, but made the midwife-in-a-hospital concession for hubby. He's gotten over his fears now but I can't belive I'm having to switch care providers at 38.5 weeks preggo! I'm still mad that I didn't get more notice for a friggin VACATION!!! I went in today for my last scheduled appt with my old MW and to pick up a copy of my records. I didn't say anything since there's a chance I could still give birth there but she just acted like I'd still be sittin here preggo when she got back waiting for her! Maybe she knows something I don't, but I'm not willing to go off her hunch to make sure I get the birth I want. This is my last baby and last time was a spiral of interventions stemming from pre-E. I just want to do everything I can to make this one the birth of my dreams!
