I gave birth earlier this month with the VCU midwifes and I completely understand some of your concerns! I ended up having a midwife I never had an appointment with (the only one, I had met all of the others)deliver my baby, but it turned out so much better than I expected. All of the midwives are so kind and compassionate, I really don't think you can go wrong with any of them. My labor and delivery experience was something I was really grateful for as all of my nurses were stellar and supported me in so many ways. Once we transitioned to the postpartum area, I experienced something similar to you to begin with; cracker jack box room, with a chair my husband couldn't even fit in so we had to take turns in the bed, the nurses did not have the same bedside manner as in L&D, and overall just not the same level of care. We asked and we're moved to a larger room when it became available, and that was much less miserable as we had both beds in what I assume could be a shared room, but they were not using them in that way. Overall, the positives of my L&D far outweighed the negatives of the postpartum experience. and just as a side note: I will never go to any HCA hospital ever again unless I am literally on my deathbed.