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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GW OBs have a very low c section rate. [/quote]

and it just occurred to me, that's pretty awesome considering many midwife patients who are higher-risk are transferred there. or maybe those are the same patients really trying to avoid a C- even though they are high risk?

i also wonder what the rate of insurance coverage has to do with the # of C-sections the OBs perform. do you think that the OB population going to GW has crappier insuranc and thus the docs try harder to avoid for finanical reasons?
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I don't think insurance has anything to do with it. I am not sure why GW has a low c section rate, but I imagine there are a number of factors. The influence of the midwife practice, doctors work in 24 hour shifts so no rush to deliver patients by the end of the shift, emphasis on the latest technology and research on best methods to avoid c sections. Maybe someone has a better explanation, but the lower c section rate is why I choose to deliver there. I pushed for over 3 hours and even though I was begging for a c section (epidural had worn off) the doctors said no because there was no medical need and baby was born healthy soon thereafter. I am very glad they didn't cut me open just because I was hysterical and tired.

To the OP, if the main reason you want midwives is to avoid a c section, you should consider staying with GW OBs. The OB on call delivers you, not any specific doctor, and they are all natural birth friendly. I was not a midwife patient but the midwife on call checked on me during labor anyway. [/quote]

Could I please get the names or phone number for these OBs? I looked on the website and called the ones in VA and they said they don't deliver at GW. Who are these 24hr shift doctors that you are referring about?[/quote]

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