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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am also on Kaiser and live in Rockville. I plan to deliver at Reston Health Center. The Catholic thing makes me uncomfortable as well and also various ratings were not great. [/quote]

How does that make you uncomfortable? I had a great birth experience at Holy Cross Germantown. [/quote]

They refuse to treat a variety of conditions (e.g. ectopic pregnancies) because of their religious objections. That is a situation where the embryo cannot even be saved and can be life threatening to the woman, so it does not inspire confidence that they will do a good job caring for me or my baby.

Also, my family does not meet the Catholic church's rather narrow definition of family (they don't approve of gay people, trans people, conception by IVF, single parenthood unless by adoption, and any number of other family arrangements). I understand this doesn't mean every nurse and doctor will necessarily give me the side eye, but they have a crucifix in every room and frequent Catholic prayers over the loudspeaker. Thus it makes me uncomfortable.

Glad you had a great experience but it's just not for me.[/quote]

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