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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Obs are superior to the midwives. Give them a shot, I promise you will want to switch. [/quote]

With the new covid protocols you end up seeing a different OB in every visit, so not sure how much I'll gain then. But yeah, so far they haven't lived up to our expectations after the "meet the midwives" event and everything we've read so far regarding the midwifery model of care.[/quote]

Can you be more specific about how they aren't meeting your expectations?[/quote]

Visits tend to be short, most of the times the midwife we see hasn’t even read our chart before we start, some of the questions we have aren’t answered and we have to ask again in our next visit, we tend to be prepared and our questions might not be the most common ones but still some of them answer random things instead of saying “I don’t know, I’ll look it up and get back to you”. We need some extra monitoring and every time we have to be on top of our situation and report precisely the results from ultrasounds, otherwise they don’t seem like they would know. This pattern has been more common with the midwives that are fellows so far, and we understand they are continuing their training and GW is a teaching hospital, but that’s no excuse for not knowing your clients.

Maybe this is usual or maybe we were expecting more care and continuity from their part (as is advertised as the key in the midwifery model of care), maybe this is just a consequence of the pandemic and how it has affected the way they work. [/quote]

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