Met a midwife

By kate on July 27th, 2005

Steve and I had a preliminary appointment with a midwife today, to get to know her a little and see what we thought. She was knowledgeable, experienced, and straightforward. Steve and I realized afterwards that we were expecting someone charismatic, but she was more laid back than that. She answered our questions, and we generally liked her, although not so very much that we’ll go with her without interviewing anyone else.

We’re still leaning heavily toward the birth center / midwife route, I think, and specifically toward the Montlake Community Birth Center. It’s a very nice, clean, spacious facility that makes one feel comfortable. I’m fairly confident I’ll have a healthy birth, so we’re most likely to go that route. We just need to find the right midwife. It may be the one we met today, or maybe someone else.

Next up: An appointment with an OB (for contrast).