Have any rec for midwife practice that accepts high risk pregnancy?

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Anonymous wrote:Or you could just go with an OB group who supports vaginal delivery, like GW. I was not high risk, had a textbook pregnancy, and ended up getting transferred from midwife to OB care in the middle of my labor. It was not a good experience but I was grateful they took over and delivered DD safely. That said, transitioning care in the middle of labor was really stressful as I realized my trusted midwives could not help me and were at the end of their scope. I will only use an OB next time and since you are high risk I don't know why you wouldn't as well.

I had a similar situation with the Arlington Womens Center midwives, though I ended up very happy with the care decisions I made in conjunction with both my midwife and the OB I had never met before who stepped in to deliver DD when the complications arose. I now see that OB for everything, love her, and if I ever have another kid will try to have her at the delivery. If midwifery care is not an option for you, AWC's OBs, like GW's, are very supportive of low-intervention, unmedicated vaginal births, VBACS, etc.

Interesting. My high risk, but controlled and otherwise easy pregnancy turned into pre-e and a complicated, scary delivery. The WHC OB's came in, but the Midwives stayed also, so both were there when I finally delivered. I don't know if my care was officially transferred to the OB's, but I'd imagine it was since the midwives wouldn't have called them in unless the situation was beyond their scope. These stories make me even more grateful for the WHC midwives.

I agree about the GW OB's though. I have heard nothing but good things about them, and would consider them if my high risk condition worsened to where I couldn't use the WHC midwives again.

PP here- just to clarify, my midwife also stayed with me the entire delivery, but the OB was the one who delivered DD!