Possible good news (long)

I mentioned my predicament briefly in the Monday Moan thread this morning, but here's the long version, with an update:

I really want to try to have a natural birth, though I know that plans don't always work out, and I'm trying to be flexible.  I've been seeing an OB who I loved, and she seemed pretty supportive of my choices.  However, I found out that even though there's a hospital practically across the street from their office, no one in that practice delivers anywhere but the hospital that's 30-40 minutes from my house.  The last thing I want is to be in labor in the car for 30-40 minutes, and there are 3-4 hospitals that are closer.  So I told my doc that I was going to look for another provider, and she understood.

Found a midwife that just opened a birth center 10 minutes from my house.  She just delivered one friend's baby, and is good friends with my best friend.  I felt totally comfortable and confident with her, even though she was thinking that my insurance would only cover her at 50%.  We were willing to pay more to have the birth we really want.  Got an e-mail from her on Friday--turns out my insurance won't cover her at all.  Not a penny.  I love her, but there's no way we can come up with $6K by September.

So then Saturday I got a letter in the mail from my current OB's office.  As of today (2 days after I got the letter), their office has moved to the hospital in BFE.  Oh, and by the way, my OB is no longer with their practice.  So I'm assuming my appointment with her next week is cancelled?  Thanks for the notice.

I've been so stressed out about it all weekend.  Especially since I'm nervous and really want to get in and hear that heartbeat again!  We're looking into home birth, but even though I am totally for it in principle, I'm still nervous about it.

I finally found a CNM that delivers at the hospital closest to my house, and it looks like my insurance will cover her, since she works under a physician (I guess they turn everything in to the insurance under the physician's name?).  I have had three different people tell me how wonderful she is, so I'm really hopeful that this will work out.  I have an appointment with her next week, only a day after I would have seen my other OB.  It would be really great if I could get the natural birth I want, within the safety net of the hospital should anything go wrong.

Kudos to anyone who actually read this whole thing.  I'll let you all know how my appointment with her goes!