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[quote=Anonymous]Personalized attention.

I went to my long time OB/GYN for preconception counseling, and felt super rushed. And very.. assembly line? She told me to do X, Y, and Z. When I asked follow up questions, I got what felt like the "party line" - very difficult to engage or discuss. Whole thing was maybe 10 mins, and I left with more questions than I came with. A very frustrating experience.

That combined with some of what my sister experienced in her birth (with an OB in a hospital). She was given a really large episiotomy (her husband said at that point the baby just fell out) that took a really long time to heal, and was really painful. Also, her baby was born at 6:30pm, totally healthy, no issues whatsoever but it was "policy" that she had to have IV fluids for I think it was 12 hours afterwords? Despite that fact that she could not get to sleep with the IV in (she found it very uncomfortable) and that she was perfectly capable of drinking water/gatorade, whatever, and again, a completely normal birth.

I was in a bit of an odd spot because I absolutely wanted to be in a hospital, and in case of an emergency, I wanted to be in the OR FAST. Things can go very seriously wrong with a birth. Plus I DEFINITELY wanted an epidural. But the midwifery model of care just seemed like a better fit for me.

I ended up going with the Washington Hospital Center Midwives and I had such a positive experience. Just phenomenal. It was exactly what I wanted. Most of my prenatal appointments were 60-90 mins. They were available by phone when I had issues or questions. My birth ended up a bit more complex (basically just a super long induction) and they were amazing. I'll definitely use them for all my deliveries (this was just my first). [/quote]

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