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[quote=Anonymous]OP, these stories worry me a lot too.  I think the biggest things are:

1.  Choose your hospital and doctors wisely.  What are their hemorrhage protocols?  What experience do they have with serious, rare complications?  Do they have a ICU, NICU, etc.?

2.  Educate yourself and your partner, whoever that is.  Trust your providers, but also know enough to know what questions to ask and when to push back.

3.  Don't be afraid to speak up and push back if you feel like you're being ignored.  DON'T be rude off the bat, but don't let politeness take precedence over advocating for yourself.

I had preeclampsia and a very complicated delivery at WHC with the midwives (and OBs and MFMs).  I always felt like I was receiving excellent medical care, but I also know that things were hard and scary enough at the time that I don't feel confident that I would have been with it enough to have caught a mistake.  So ultimately, I think choosing your doctors and hospitals with "worst case" scenarios in mind is the most important thing during delivery, then self-education is most important for the postpartum period.[/quote]

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