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[quote=Anonymous]I had an HMO (Kaiser) for my pregnancy and delivery and thought it was great.  It really cut down on the decisions I had to make, and the administrative stuff was almost nonexistent.  Cheap, too.

You may have to be comfortable with the idea that you are unlikely to have "your" doctor delivering your baby.  During my pregnancy, I saw nearly every member of their OB/GYN team at prenatal visits.  I was in labor for a long time (26 hours) so 3 doctors were on shift during my labor.  The first guy was new to me and so great I really wanted to have my baby with him.  No luck.  He went off shift and then the guy we called "Dr. DoucheBro" came on shift.  My partner and I agreed that I didn't want him delivering my baby, and joked about holding it in until he was off shift.  He left.  Doctor #3 came on.  I was not super excited about him either - I had seen him during the pregnancy and thought he was kind of meh.  He ended up doing the delivery and he was great.  His bedside manner was on the reserved side, but I couldn't fault anything else.  A friend later told me he was her longtime OB/GYN and she adored him, so different strokes for different folks.[/quote]

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