Guelph, Ontario - Which midwifery practice?

[SophieAnn]

DH and I are planning to start TTC soon and here in Guelph there are 2 midwifery practices.  I have no real reason at this point to choose one over the other.  I have one friend who had a great experience with Family Midwifery Care (hospital birth) and another friend is having a great experience so far with Guelph Midwives (planning hospital birth).  We will be planning a homebirth.

Does anyone have any experiences or information to share that would help me choose between the two practices?

Positive homebirth stories, constructive criticism, information about experience levels and special expertise (breech, etc.) would be helpful.

Please feel free to PM me if you prefer not to post publicly.  I will keep confidential (between myself and my DH) anything you share with me via PM.

Thanks in advance!

[eirual]

I've had numerous reccomendations for Family Midwifery Care vs. Guelph Midwives.

I was in doctor's care until 32 weeks when I went for the hopsital tour and decided I did not want to have a healthy baby there. F.M.C. was willing to take me on and understood my unique situation and delivered my DS at home. It was great. G.M. had me (and DH who left work early to make the appointment) come in to sit in a room with 5 newly pregnant ladies to watch a video on "what is midwifery care?"...HELLO, I was 34 week pregnant, this was not good use of my time! I was un-impressed.

[SophieAnn]

Thanks so much for your reply!

I have been leaning more towards FMC (especially now that my friend who was with GM is now post-birth), so your experience definitely helps me feel better about choosing one over the other.