lay midwifery is legal in ct. nak, sorry. but ins. won't cover it. ins. will cover a cnm.
yes, cuckoo, Martha's a hb midwife, and just amazing. Although she's a cnm, she's as uninterventionist as you could wish for. It's all whatever you want and are comfortable with. For example, I didn't do rhogam, despite being rh-, didn't do gbs testing, used the same blood tests as for my last pg, which was also with her, etc. Of course, if you DO want the testing, she's fine with that, too.
My birth last week (ds is one week today!) ended up being UC because I didn't want her here til the last possible second, and she was fine with that, too. She was so proud of us! LOL! I confess, I secretly wanted a UC, but dh wasn't completely comfortable with the idea, and having Martha there can be the next best thing, since if you only want someone there "in case" she'll do that, or be as supportive as you could wish for. It just turned out that I got from 6 cm, through transition and pushing in a bit over an hour, total, and had told her on the phone that I thought we had several hours to go yet. She'd have been here 8 hours earlier if I'd wanted her, though.
I'm in Ridgefield, btw., and I know she's driven further to attend hb's.
