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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I did GW midwives for my first. Crazy delivery but was vaginal with no meds. Would have definitely been a c without them and there was an in in the room fighting with them to do a c but they advocated for me and my baby was born a ok and I was hiking 2 days later. Baby 2 was with midwifery care associates because I felt the same you are feeling. That GW didn't give me the compassionate care I was looking for. These ladies were much worse and had an incompetent front office to boot. Had baby two vaginally with no major complications and again with no drugs.

After these experiences I was jaded with midwives and did baby three with OBs.  Oh my God. It was so much worse. This was an all female practice that was supposed to support a women's birth plan. They havew no attention of care and didn't know me from Adam. They started aggressively pushing c in second trimester and we had arguments constantly about it. It was so stressful and ultimately I ended up having a c. I 100% attribute that to being with the obs. It was a terrible recovery and the reason I won't be having a fourth.

All that to say, I don't care what a woman wants to do. Everyone's birth plan should be what is best for them and their situation. But if you are with GW, my guess is that you want less intervention rather than more.

They may not be perfect but they are one of your best shots in the area of having the delivery you want. I didn't realize how good they were until I saw how bad others are. The bar is so low and in my experience maternal care is a joke in the DMV.

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