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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am currently seeking Obgyn care at GW and MFM at Sibley. No preference for birth, want to bring a healthy living child home.

Both hospitals are easy to get to. I am not sure how to decide where to give birth.

I would appreciate your recommendations.

Thanks.

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Assuming you're high risk given you're seeing an MFM, I would choose gwu. Higher level nicu in case you end up needing it,  and if you don't,  still an excellent experience[/quote]

Thanks, yes high risk due to late term fetal loss. Thinking keeping both care options open when I make it to 37 weeks I can stick to sibley before that open to GW.[/quote]

I'm the PP who pointed out you'll need to switch to an ob who delivers at Sibley if you want to deliver there. 37 weeks is likely way too late to switch to a new practice because they may not be able to accommodate anymore patients in your due date window or they are not comfortable taking on a new high risk patient so late. The sooner you switch, if you're going to, the better. Or, as I mentioned before, you may be able to keep these options both open if you can switch over to Dr. DrSouza now.[/quote]

Thanks so much. I am going to talk to my MFM at Sibley next week. I love my obgyn at GW so leaving her would be so hard. Need to think this through more. [/quote]

Who is your obgyn at Gw?[/quote]

Remember that at GW you get whomever is on call when you go into labor, unless you have a scheduled c-section. My OB did her best to guess how long my induction would take so I would be pushing when she came on call...and I delivered while she was driving into work. The same goes for practices that deliver at Sibley except they are usually smaller so you're more likely to be able to schedule with everyone if you want then you have a familiar face at your delivery. The other thing with GW is that the attending pretty much stands back and watches unless they need to step in to assist. Otherwise, everything is done by the residents.[/quote]

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