Sibley or GW not sure where to deliver?

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Cesarean at Sibley.
Cesarean at Sibley.
VBAC at GW after 2 cesareans.

I think it depends on your goals. If you are low risk and prefer “more luxury” (neither is luxurious) go to Sibley. If you are higher risk, I would recommend GW. However, I would try to see one or two doctors the whole time so they really get to know you.

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Anonymous wrote:If you decide to deliver at Sibley then you'll have to switch OBs to a practice that delivers at Sibley, unless you are already seeing Dr. DeSouza, who can deliver at both but usually goes to Sibley. The Sibley MFMs don't deliver.

This is good to know. Thanks for letting me know.

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Anonymous wrote:I am currently seeking Obgyn care at GW and MFM at Sibley. No preference for birth, want to bring a healthy living child home.

Both hospitals are easy to get to. I am not sure how to decide where to give birth.

I would appreciate your recommendations.

Thanks.

Assuming you're high risk given you're seeing an MFM, I would choose gwu. Higher level nicu in case you end up needing it, and if you don't, still an excellent experience

Thanks, yes high risk due to late term fetal loss. Thinking keeping both care options open when I make it to 37 weeks I can stick to sibley before that open to GW.

I'm the PP who pointed out you'll need to switch to an ob who delivers at Sibley if you want to deliver there. 37 weeks is likely way too late to switch to a new practice because they may not be able to accommodate anymore patients in your due date window or they are not comfortable taking on a new high risk patient so late. The sooner you switch, if you're going to, the better. Or, as I mentioned before, you may be able to keep these options both open if you can switch over to Dr. DrSouza now.

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Anonymous wrote:I am currently seeking Obgyn care at GW and MFM at Sibley. No preference for birth, want to bring a healthy living child home.

Both hospitals are easy to get to. I am not sure how to decide where to give birth.

I would appreciate your recommendations.

Thanks.

Assuming you're high risk given you're seeing an MFM, I would choose gwu. Higher level nicu in case you end up needing it, and if you don't, still an excellent experience

Thanks, yes high risk due to late term fetal loss. Thinking keeping both care options open when I make it to 37 weeks I can stick to sibley before that open to GW.

I'm the PP who pointed out you'll need to switch to an ob who delivers at Sibley if you want to deliver there. 37 weeks is likely way too late to switch to a new practice because they may not be able to accommodate anymore patients in your due date window or they are not comfortable taking on a new high risk patient so late. The sooner you switch, if you're going to, the better. Or, as I mentioned before, you may be able to keep these options both open if you can switch over to Dr. DrSouza now.

Thanks so much. I am going to talk to my MFM at Sibley next week. I love my obgyn at GW so leaving her would be so hard. Need to think this through more.

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Anonymous wrote:I am currently seeking Obgyn care at GW and MFM at Sibley. No preference for birth, want to bring a healthy living child home.

Both hospitals are easy to get to. I am not sure how to decide where to give birth.

I would appreciate your recommendations.

Thanks.

Assuming you're high risk given you're seeing an MFM, I would choose gwu. Higher level nicu in case you end up needing it, and if you don't, still an excellent experience

Thanks, yes high risk due to late term fetal loss. Thinking keeping both care options open when I make it to 37 weeks I can stick to sibley before that open to GW.

I'm the PP who pointed out you'll need to switch to an ob who delivers at Sibley if you want to deliver there. 37 weeks is likely way too late to switch to a new practice because they may not be able to accommodate anymore patients in your due date window or they are not comfortable taking on a new high risk patient so late. The sooner you switch, if you're going to, the better. Or, as I mentioned before, you may be able to keep these options both open if you can switch over to Dr. DrSouza now.

Thanks so much. I am going to talk to my MFM at Sibley next week. I love my obgyn at GW so leaving her would be so hard. Need to think this through more.

Who is your obgyn at Gw?

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Anonymous wrote:I am currently seeking Obgyn care at GW and MFM at Sibley. No preference for birth, want to bring a healthy living child home.

Both hospitals are easy to get to. I am not sure how to decide where to give birth.

I would appreciate your recommendations.

Thanks.

Assuming you're high risk given you're seeing an MFM, I would choose gwu. Higher level nicu in case you end up needing it, and if you don't, still an excellent experience

Thanks, yes high risk due to late term fetal loss. Thinking keeping both care options open when I make it to 37 weeks I can stick to sibley before that open to GW.

I'm the PP who pointed out you'll need to switch to an ob who delivers at Sibley if you want to deliver there. 37 weeks is likely way too late to switch to a new practice because they may not be able to accommodate anymore patients in your due date window or they are not comfortable taking on a new high risk patient so late. The sooner you switch, if you're going to, the better. Or, as I mentioned before, you may be able to keep these options both open if you can switch over to Dr. DrSouza now.

Thanks so much. I am going to talk to my MFM at Sibley next week. I love my obgyn at GW so leaving her would be so hard. Need to think this through more.

Who is your obgyn at Gw?

Remember that at GW you get whomever is on call when you go into labor, unless you have a scheduled c-section. My OB did her best to guess how long my induction would take so I would be pushing when she came on call...and I delivered while she was driving into work. The same goes for practices that deliver at Sibley except they are usually smaller so you're more likely to be able to schedule with everyone if you want then you have a familiar face at your delivery. The other thing with GW is that the attending pretty much stands back and watches unless they need to step in to assist. Otherwise, everything is done by the residents.

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Anonymous wrote:I am currently seeking Obgyn care at GW and MFM at Sibley. No preference for birth, want to bring a healthy living child home.

Both hospitals are easy to get to. I am not sure how to decide where to give birth.

I would appreciate your recommendations.

Thanks.

Assuming you're high risk given you're seeing an MFM, I would choose gwu. Higher level nicu in case you end up needing it, and if you don't, still an excellent experience

Thanks, yes high risk due to late term fetal loss. Thinking keeping both care options open when I make it to 37 weeks I can stick to sibley before that open to GW.

I'm the PP who pointed out you'll need to switch to an ob who delivers at Sibley if you want to deliver there. 37 weeks is likely way too late to switch to a new practice because they may not be able to accommodate anymore patients in your due date window or they are not comfortable taking on a new high risk patient so late. The sooner you switch, if you're going to, the better. Or, as I mentioned before, you may be able to keep these options both open if you can switch over to Dr. DrSouza now.

Thanks so much. I am going to talk to my MFM at Sibley next week. I love my obgyn at GW so leaving her would be so hard. Need to think this through more.

Who is your obgyn at Gw?

Dr Jasmidi

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Anonymous wrote:I am currently seeking Obgyn care at GW and MFM at Sibley. No preference for birth, want to bring a healthy living child home.

Both hospitals are easy to get to. I am not sure how to decide where to give birth.

I would appreciate your recommendations.

Thanks.

Assuming you're high risk given you're seeing an MFM, I would choose gwu. Higher level nicu in case you end up needing it, and if you don't, still an excellent experience

Thanks, yes high risk due to late term fetal loss. Thinking keeping both care options open when I make it to 37 weeks I can stick to sibley before that open to GW.

I'm the PP who pointed out you'll need to switch to an ob who delivers at Sibley if you want to deliver there. 37 weeks is likely way too late to switch to a new practice because they may not be able to accommodate anymore patients in your due date window or they are not comfortable taking on a new high risk patient so late. The sooner you switch, if you're going to, the better. Or, as I mentioned before, you may be able to keep these options both open if you can switch over to Dr. DrSouza now.

Thanks so much. I am going to talk to my MFM at Sibley next week. I love my obgyn at GW so leaving her would be so hard. Need to think this through more.

Who is your obgyn at Gw?

Dr Jasmidi

I'm PP @10:24 and @08:14. Even though I'm not the one who asked who your GW OB is, I feel compelled to respond because I, too, am with Dr. Jamshidi at GW and the Sibley MFMs right now! I will be delivering at GW. That's where I delivered my first. After trying out 2 other OB practices that deliver at Shady Grove (I live in MoCo; GW is a long way for me), I still decided to stay with GW this time around because I like the fact that all the doctors on Labor and Delivery are part of the same practice, therefore all are technically available to me and responsible for my care should something go wrong. I go to Sibley MFMs because of poor interactions with Dr. Gallagher at the GW Bethesda office in 2 prior pregnancies, one of which I sought a last minute urgent 2nd opinion and it was Sibley MFMs who got me in and treated me so well amidst the crisis we faced with that pregnancy.

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Anonymous wrote:I am currently seeking Obgyn care at GW and MFM at Sibley. No preference for birth, want to bring a healthy living child home.

Both hospitals are easy to get to. I am not sure how to decide where to give birth.

I would appreciate your recommendations.

Thanks.

Assuming you're high risk given you're seeing an MFM, I would choose gwu. Higher level nicu in case you end up needing it, and if you don't, still an excellent experience

Thanks, yes high risk due to late term fetal loss. Thinking keeping both care options open when I make it to 37 weeks I can stick to sibley before that open to GW.

I'm the PP who pointed out you'll need to switch to an ob who delivers at Sibley if you want to deliver there. 37 weeks is likely way too late to switch to a new practice because they may not be able to accommodate anymore patients in your due date window or they are not comfortable taking on a new high risk patient so late. The sooner you switch, if you're going to, the better. Or, as I mentioned before, you may be able to keep these options both open if you can switch over to Dr. DrSouza now.

Thanks so much. I am going to talk to my MFM at Sibley next week. I love my obgyn at GW so leaving her would be so hard. Need to think this through more.

Who is your obgyn at Gw?

Dr Jasmidi

I'm PP @10:24 and @08:14. Even though I'm not the one who asked who your GW OB is, I feel compelled to respond because I, too, am with Dr. Jamshidi at GW and the Sibley MFMs right now! I will be delivering at GW. That's where I delivered my first. After trying out 2 other OB practices that deliver at Shady Grove (I live in MoCo; GW is a long way for me), I still decided to stay with GW this time around because I like the fact that all the doctors on Labor and Delivery are part of the same practice, therefore all are technically available to me and responsible for my care should something go wrong. I go to Sibley MFMs because of poor interactions with Dr. Gallagher at the GW Bethesda office in 2 prior pregnancies, one of which I sought a last minute urgent 2nd opinion and it was Sibley MFMs who got me in and treated me so well amidst the crisis we faced with that pregnancy.

When are you due? I like the care at Sibley but that fact that I need to switch OBGYN in my second trimester is not ideal. I don't have birth plan just want to deliver a healthy living baby. ❤️

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Anonymous wrote:I delivered at both. Much preferred Sibley. At GW, it was like a whole medical class came to watch the delivery.

Sibley might do this too now since they’ve been bought by Hopkins.

[Anonymous]

No complaints about my c-section at Sibley in 2021. After care left something to be desired, think because everything went smoothly for me and my baby. It was not able to get my meds on time, though. I think it took them 2 hours after I called and after I was due for another dose for pain meds my first night. Was happy to go home after two nights, felt I could better care for myself and baby there.

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Anonymous wrote:I delivered at both. Much preferred Sibley. At GW, it was like a whole medical class came to watch the delivery.

Sibley might do this too now since they’ve been bought by Hopkins.

Good point, I will ask my MFM. THANKS

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Anonymous wrote:I delivered at both. Much preferred Sibley. At GW, it was like a whole medical class came to watch the delivery.

Sibley might do this too now since they’ve been bought by Hopkins.

Good point, I will ask my MFM. THANKS

Yes Sibley is owned by Hopkins, but it is not a teaching hospital. Many small group/private practices deliver at Sibley. In fact, I tried to locate an actual Hopkins faculty OB practice that delivers at Sibley and could not.

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Anonymous wrote:I am currently seeking Obgyn care at GW and MFM at Sibley. No preference for birth, want to bring a healthy living child home.

Both hospitals are easy to get to. I am not sure how to decide where to give birth.

I would appreciate your recommendations.

Thanks.

Assuming you're high risk given you're seeing an MFM, I would choose gwu. Higher level nicu in case you end up needing it, and if you don't, still an excellent experience

Thanks, yes high risk due to late term fetal loss. Thinking keeping both care options open when I make it to 37 weeks I can stick to sibley before that open to GW.

I'm the PP who pointed out you'll need to switch to an ob who delivers at Sibley if you want to deliver there. 37 weeks is likely way too late to switch to a new practice because they may not be able to accommodate anymore patients in your due date window or they are not comfortable taking on a new high risk patient so late. The sooner you switch, if you're going to, the better. Or, as I mentioned before, you may be able to keep these options both open if you can switch over to Dr. DrSouza now.

Thanks so much. I am going to talk to my MFM at Sibley next week. I love my obgyn at GW so leaving her would be so hard. Need to think this through more.

Who is your obgyn at Gw?

Dr Jasmidi

I'm PP @10:24 and @08:14. Even though I'm not the one who asked who your GW OB is, I feel compelled to respond because I, too, am with Dr. Jamshidi at GW and the Sibley MFMs right now! I will be delivering at GW. That's where I delivered my first. After trying out 2 other OB practices that deliver at Shady Grove (I live in MoCo; GW is a long way for me), I still decided to stay with GW this time around because I like the fact that all the doctors on Labor and Delivery are part of the same practice, therefore all are technically available to me and responsible for my care should something go wrong. I go to Sibley MFMs because of poor interactions with Dr. Gallagher at the GW Bethesda office in 2 prior pregnancies, one of which I sought a last minute urgent 2nd opinion and it was Sibley MFMs who got me in and treated me so well amidst the crisis we faced with that pregnancy.

When are you due? I like the care at Sibley but that fact that I need to switch OBGYN in my second trimester is not ideal. I don't have birth plan just want to deliver a healthy living baby. ❤️

I'm due at end of February.

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Anonymous wrote:I am currently seeking Obgyn care at GW and MFM at Sibley. No preference for birth, want to bring a healthy living child home.

Both hospitals are easy to get to. I am not sure how to decide where to give birth.

I would appreciate your recommendations.

Thanks.

Assuming you're high risk given you're seeing an MFM, I would choose gwu. Higher level nicu in case you end up needing it, and if you don't, still an excellent experience

Thanks, yes high risk due to late term fetal loss. Thinking keeping both care options open when I make it to 37 weeks I can stick to sibley before that open to GW.

I'm the PP who pointed out you'll need to switch to an ob who delivers at Sibley if you want to deliver there. 37 weeks is likely way too late to switch to a new practice because they may not be able to accommodate anymore patients in your due date window or they are not comfortable taking on a new high risk patient so late. The sooner you switch, if you're going to, the better. Or, as I mentioned before, you may be able to keep these options both open if you can switch over to Dr. DrSouza now.

Thanks so much. I am going to talk to my MFM at Sibley next week. I love my obgyn at GW so leaving her would be so hard. Need to think this through more.

Who is your obgyn at Gw?

Dr Jasmidi

I'm PP @10:24 and @08:14. Even though I'm not the one who asked who your GW OB is, I feel compelled to respond because I, too, am with Dr. Jamshidi at GW and the Sibley MFMs right now! I will be delivering at GW. That's where I delivered my first. After trying out 2 other OB practices that deliver at Shady Grove (I live in MoCo; GW is a long way for me), I still decided to stay with GW this time around because I like the fact that all the doctors on Labor and Delivery are part of the same practice, therefore all are technically available to me and responsible for my care should something go wrong. I go to Sibley MFMs because of poor interactions with Dr. Gallagher at the GW Bethesda office in 2 prior pregnancies, one of which I sought a last minute urgent 2nd opinion and it was Sibley MFMs who got me in and treated me so well amidst the crisis we faced with that pregnancy.

NP. I had excellent gw experience. I had seen Gallagher until start of 3rd trimester and had an issue with her care so did one appointment with Bathgate downtown and just saw regular OBs the rest of my care. I felt in very good hands during the delivery. My family member delivered 24 week old twins at GW and I credit their life to their amazing nicu experience. Fortunately I ended up not needing nicu but was comforted knowing I'd be in good hands in case I was. I also am grateful how easy it was to switch doctors at 30 weeks. I was flexible at the end on location given I was near the end. My only complaint about gw is the postpartum room was tiny- like hard to fit the tray cart thing plus bassinet. But didn’t really matter. L&d room was huge. I didn't mind that it was a training hospital. I could tell you the attending ob and midwife on call when I was in labor- not the residents. It felt like the attending were in charge.