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[quote=Anonymous]I don't know, I am the pp who had an epidural with my first but didn't detect judgment from Whitney. I went with Arlington Women's Center for my first because I planned to deliver with Karen King (their midwife). However, I still met with all the OBs, and ended up delivering with the on-call covering doctor whom I had never met! About 3/4 through the pregnancy when I started asking questions about L&D and complications, etc. I was super bummed that I basically got told, don't worry about that; we can talk about that later...I knew I should have switched then, but I didn't. Then when my 36 week u/s showed low fluid, I asked, "what should I do, what does it mean?" And I was told, "nothing, just keep hydrated, and come back at 39 weeks" Guess what? I would have appreciated being told, come back at 39 weeks cause we're gonna induce you if it's still low, and here are the drugs we might use. Cause instead, I got hustled to L&D, given cytotec without being told what it was, and had a nurse/OB combo which bordered on negligent in terms of my care. If cytotec weren't hella effective, I certainly would have ended up with a c section. As it was, I nearly delivered over the toilet with no supervision. It sucked. I certainly hope the GW midwifes standard of care is better than that, although I can't vouch for it yet. None of this isn't to say there aren't great OBs out there. But there are a ton of sub par ones as well. [/quote]

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