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I am wondering whether you can recommend me an independent midwife who would make my birth experience as close to an unassisted birth as possible.

Basically, I see the role of the midwife is to be in the next room, and congratulate me on the birth of my baby that I would still deliver alone or with my husband. I might want to have a midwife in the next room for the two main reasons: (1) if I feel that something is wrong, I have someone experienced to help me before (or better instead of) transferring to the hospital, (2) if I need to transfer, I will have someone holding my hand all the time and advocating for me (my husband would need, first, to take our daughter to friends' place, so without a midwife, I would need to transfer and spend the first hour or so alone..). Additionally, I may want to enjoy a couple of supportive antenatal and postnatal visits. I definitely want no vaginal exams and preferably no any other checks during labor. I need the midwife to be fully supportive of my choice to be independent in my birth and of my believe that my body knows how to deliver babies, and not apprehensive of these ideas. I had a previous C-section, but I do not think that this shall influence my second birth experience.

So do you know someone really calm and quiet and believing in the bottom of her heart that a laboring woman does not really need a midwife unless there is a true complication?

I'd recommend Verona Hall Verona Hall she was my independent midwife and was absolutely wonderful - she is hugely experienced and so would give you total confidence in leading the birth experience yourself. She's local (lives in ED), give her a call for a chat x

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