Midwives won't take us...... - Page 2

[Penalt]

Okay, the midwife group left a message on our machine while we were out today.

They say that they are overbooked and understaffed during that time of the year. Disappointed, yup. Wish they would have confirmed that when we first met them or at least a little earlier than this.

They did tell us that there is a midwife who travels the island with a portable hot-tub and does home water births, which would be right up my DL's alley. Now we gotta find her. Sent an email to the NARM. No reply as yet.

So we are overall we are bummed out somewhat but now at least we know.

[Penalt]

We finally found a Midwife.

We had our first meeting with her today and so far she seems pretty good and not wanting to transort at the first whiff of trouble.....

Wish us luck!

[honey]

Good Luck! I hope it works out well and she is the perfect mw for your family!

[lorijds]

I'm glad you found someone. And thanks for posting a follow up; I've been wondering how you have been doing!

Lori

[Penalt]

The MW we found is a mother of 7 herself and a bit of a technophobe. She seems really interesting in reading about alternatives and such for things like GD and GBS. Now we just gotta dig out our old info and back issues of Mothering.

The only thing is that GBS is a sticking point with her but she is willing to listen and read about alternatives before she jumps to hospital.

We had a big long initial meeting with her (2 hours!) and went over DL's history, the MW also did some vitals and requisitions some standard blood work. She is also willing to do a water birth but we will have to get a pool ourselves. All in all so far so good.

DL can be........well lets just say sometimes she lives to fight the good fight, even if she has to start it herself. I tend to be a little too much the diplomat. We make a good team. Which is why I am so glad we feel good about this MW as well.

Thx for allowing me to vent and for the info....if any of you have any knowledge of alternative treatments for GBS or for prevention of it let me know.....we are trying to avoid that as well this time around.

thanks again