The midwife I hired for my pregnancy was great! Very intuitive and probed into personal issues with then-DP that went way beyond the mechanics of labor and birth, all stuff that needed to be dealt with.

Too bad she didn't get to attend the birth. After a really, really long labor at home, we decided to transport. We met up with a CNM at the hospital and tried some more. I wound up with a very medical birth, after all, but wouldn't even consider making an OB my first choice. Probably not even my second or third choice. Oooh, I've got my soapbox out, but I think I'll just not get up on it...