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[quote=Anonymous]I delivered with P&M in 2014. I think they would probably be fine with an uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery, but I wasn't very happy with my experience once I started to develop a few complications.  Their communications with other specialists (like the MFMs) were difficult to coordinate, and they didn't always communicate well with me. I was also sent over to the OBs suddenly, without notice from the midwives (I showed up to an appointment with a midwife and the front desk told me I was going to see the OBs from then on instead) when I became higher risk toward the end. I found some of the midwives very unfriendly, and others were great.

FWIW, I also had a messy, 3+ day long day induction with my first through P&M, although I was delivered at the end (c-section) by a P&M OB and P&M midwife holding my hand.

Finally, I will say that I'm seeing a different OB practice for my current second pregnancy. At 37 weeks right now, I can say that the OBs I'm seeing spend just as much time with me per appointment as the P&M midwives did, and their communication is much more proactive than the midwives were. Again, I think that this may be because the P&M midwives might be more used to completely uncomplicated pregnancies that don't require much until delivery.

My absolute favorite midwives at P&M were Ashlee and Jenna, although it looks like both have now moved on to GW.

I also had a good overall experience at Inova. There were challenges with postpartum care, and I couldn't have handled it if my husband weren't there. But, nurses did take the baby for a few hours overnight once they recognized how exhausted I was.  [/quote]

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