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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay I have a different perspective on this I think than many people and I’m not saying everyone should think this way.

I don’t care at all about my individual relationship with the OB. I trust them to read the chart and assess me. I want a big team with a convenient location and easy access/coordination with an MFM, a lab, and fetal monitoring. WHC fit the bill for me.

As far as personal connection and labor I think the labor nurses are arguably more important than the OB and people don’t interview them.

The midwives seem like a popular option and they are reputed to be better at connection etc so that might be a good option.

Re scheduling I would call back and say yoy need an earlier appointment for a NIPT and maybe they will send you straight to the MFM anyway. Or see if you can do another MedStar location maybe and then transfer later.

Anyway I never met the OB who delivered my kid and haven’t since and she was great and I didn’t care, and that’s okay if that’s not you but it’s also okay if it is you. [/quote]

It sounds like you had a very straightforward and easy pregnancy. Your advice is terrible for those who don’t share your exact experience, which it atleast sounds like you recognize. [/quote]

I agree on many parts of the above-- you won't know what OB that is going to deliver you anyway as if you're at most hospitals there's shifts and you'll see multiple of them through the course of your labor.  I got lucky that the one for the final push was my long term ob (she arrived to shift as baby was ready to finally come out but i had seen at least 2 other MDs and a midwife in earlier shifts of my labor).

I went to GW first pregnancy and currently go there and highly recommend it but scheduling is a pain in the butt... for my first pregnancy they would only schedule at 12 weeks... they saw me at 10 as i was high risk.  this pregnancy they were willing to see me at 8 (but i was under care of fertility dr until week 10 anyway).  I've been seen by MFM throughout each pregnancy so primarily see the same one dr each visit.  It is opposite of convenient for me as they closed the sonogram option in Bethesda so I drive from Bethesda to Foggy Bottom which is a zoo... but the care is top notch.  I imagine Georgetown is similar[/quote]

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