Thought I'd start a new thread to reach everyone who replied and were honest and supportive to my "dilemma" thread in June - "Baby due in late August. Course in September. Do I go ahead with midwifery?"
The head of my uni's midwifery curriculum called earlier - Turns out that the admissions tutor who refused my deferral request had okayed it with the curriculum head briefly. But the head explained to me that she had only really realised how near my due date was to the course start date today when she reviewed the papers for this year's intake.
We talked for a long time and I reiterated that I am fully committed to becoming a midwife. Just needed to spend this year with my baby and get used to being a new mother!
So I am now officially deferred to starting in Sept 2006 and am feeling over the moon.