Ok - so I have just been to see my back-up MW and I've come away with a not-so-good feeling about things.
Here are the facts:
- I really like my main MW - she seems great, we get on, she's pretty chilled, but seems like a nice, positive kind of person
- Today was the second time I've met her back up partner. The first time I met her I got an inkling that she wasn't quite what I was after, but today it really hit home. To be fair, she was out at a birth last night and had only had an hour's sleep so she wasn't on best form, but I found her to be really pushy and quite negative - which is what I'd got from her the first time too.
-I've had a really good pregnancy so far, and am feeling positive, excited and confident about the birth - I'm really looking forward to it.
-DH and I have invested a lot of time, effort, practice (and money) into learning hypnobirthing techniques in preparation - which I'm excited about using on the day.
-I'm worried that if, for some reason, my main MW is not available on the day and I get her back up, that she'll spoil all the hard work we've put into preparation and either bulldoze us into doing something we may not want, or we'll have to have a confrontation about it to get her to understand. NOT what I want to have to deal with.
SO: My question is, I guess, should I stick with my main MW and just hope she'll be the one there on the day, or should I try and find another MW who will be more supportive / understanding 'just in case'???
What would you do??