Also I started interviewing midwives. I think I have found one! Basically I am on the verge of making the final decision: Having the baby at home in Morocco with a UK midwife. It's the decision I feel most comfortable with. The midwife I am thinking of choosing is really quite incredible. She has over 20 years experience, she has worked abroad, she is an ante-natal educator and breast feeding counselor for the National Childbirth Trust in the UK, has come to Morocco a lot and loves it, and she speaks French - which will help while she's here and for speaking to medical personnel at the hospital if I end up having to be transferred there. We spoke for over an hour and our philosophies regarding birth and babies are totally in sync, I really felt calm and relaxed around her.
Except for when I got off the phone and started crying. It was so spontaneous. I explained to Mr. T it's just that I can't believe I am actually talking to a midwife. That I am actually in THAT place where I will need her services. I have been dreaming of having a baby, and crucially giving birth to my baby in the way I want, for so many years, I just can't believe that is actually happening now. It feels so momentous. It IS so momentous. It just brought me to tears.
Anyway I am just going to check a few other people out but I already feel sure that I will choose her. So when the decision is finally made I will be sure to post up the details (including what I am paying!) just in case anyone else finds the info useful.
