Where we are at now!

In my last post I talked about the midwife that I contacted with hopes of securing her for my birth.  A few days after my first call to her she called me back.  We spoke for a bit about me and my situation and my previous births.  I enjoyed speaking with her and got a really good vibe.  During this conversation she informed me that she only attends births with another midwife.  This didn't bother me at all, I feel the more the merrier.  She spoke to me of a woman that she has know for a long time and whom lives a bit closer to me.  She gave me her number and requested that I phone her to set up an appointment. So that is what I did.  We set up an appointment and with in a week we met at my home.  She is a very pleasant woman whom took the time to meet my children and my "mother-in-law" as well. This made me feel very good that she cared about meeting them as much as she did about meeting me.  Our appointment went well, but she left me with the idea that she can make no promises of a commitment.  I of course understood this due to the fact that she would need to discuss with the primary midwife before making a decision. It was about another month before I heard from them and was happy to find out they would except me as a client.  This was wonderful news to me! I could finally figure out what I needed to do next.  Things just seemed to fall into place where they were supposed to.  Exactly what I had hoped for.  I have spent the last month gathering up all of my materials needed for home birth. I have gathered everything that we need, including a birthing tub.  The next step we needed to navigate was the financial end of it.  We found out the cost of our new midwife is 2400.  This is about 1400 more than what we have saved.  I guess I have skipped over the big reasons for us not being able to save up the money to pay them ourselves.