Hoping for a smooth transition...

Well, it is officially official, I have been released from IVF NJ and am ready to find my very own Ob/Gyn group. I had a practice picked out that was recommended to me by a few friends and work colleagues. I was happy to use this practice because they were supposed to have midwives on staff. However, yesterday I found out that the 1, and only 1, midwife on staff no longer participates in births. Hmmmff. Well there goes that well-intentioned plan. I did a search in my area of practices that had midwives on staff. The closest I came is a practice in the Princeton area. This practice, the Delaware Valley OB/GYN & Infertility Group, P.C. has as an ancillary practice a core group of midwives that are part of the Princeton Midwifery Care. Why a midwife? you might ask. Besides the fact that care and delivery by a midwife was recommended by my big sis, it is also important to me to try to honor my core beliefs and values as much as possible during my pregnancy and the delivery of our baby. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this approach,  "midwifery offers an alternative model for maternal care and childbirth.  Midwifery care is more woman and family centered, more natural and less interventive than traditional obstetrical care for those who prefer a more holistic approach to pregnancy care." I have my first appointment on Tuesday next week. I will let you know how it goes.