We found a midwife

I think we have found our midwife. It was a pretty easy decision for us to make regarding our desire for a home birth; I have some vicarious experience with the home births of my two youngest siblings, and Anita has no interest in having such a personal and spiritual event as a birth medicalized in a hospital setting. But actually seeking out and selecting a midwife? That sounded like an awfully grown-up undertaking!

But we found her! Anita did a lot of online searching, and we interviewed and selected Rachel McGraw. She is surprisingly young; as Anita put it, "When I think midwife, I think old wise woman, I think crone." But she is well-qualified and we think we will have a wonderful experience of pregnancy and birth with her assistance.