Anonymous wrote:DW had both our DCs there unmedicated and natural. Each time, she was the only one of the 10-15 births that day that went that route. However, they didn't pressure her at all. I was in the delivery room the whole time and was ready to speak up for her wishes if she was unable to.

Side note: remind your DH to bring snacks for himself. I'm so glad I packed some sandwiches so I didn't have to leave to get some food. DW of course didn't want a thing to eat during labor but I got hungry!

How would you know that?

DW had both our DCs there unmedicated and natural. Each time, she was the only one of the 10-15 births that day that went that route. However, they didn't pressure her at all. I was in the delivery room the whole time and was ready to speak up for her wishes if she was unable to.

Side note: remind your DH to bring snacks for himself. I'm so glad I packed some sandwiches so I didn't have to leave to get some food. DW of course didn't want a thing to eat during labor but I got hungry!

My days of blindly trusting doctors are long gone!

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Anonymous wrote:Does your OB understand that they work FOR YOU? If not, you’re stuck.

I would not tolerate any doctor who didn’t understand and respect MY wishes.

The doctor doesn’t work for you. You’re their client. You’re not their boss.

Any doctor disrespecting me, gets fired. Immediately. Sorry, doc!

What exactly does this mean?

If I had to guess, I’d say “not agreeing 100% with my hours of internet research”

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Anonymous wrote:I would pick a different OB if an unmedicated birth is your strong preference. Either the midwives at WHC or the midwives at GW. If you're not a candidate for midwives, my next choice would be GW - they are baby friendly and probably align more with the birth you seem set on.

Sure as opposed to the other hospitals where they hate babies. Come on.

Baby friendly = unfriendly to mom and coded language for “we want to stop spending so much money on nursing staff but need to find a patient-centric and positive way of framing our cheapness and refusal to adequately staff our nurses.”

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does your OB understand that they work FOR YOU? If not, you’re stuck.

I would not tolerate any doctor who didn’t understand and respect MY wishes.

The doctor doesn’t work for you. You’re their client. You’re not their boss.

Any doctor disrespecting me, gets fired. Immediately. Sorry, doc!

What if instead of the obstinate, flip and hard headed attitude and super crunchy organic persona you probably absorbed from reading too many articles on “food babe”, you just trust the medical community and doctors, who went to med school and know more about pregnancy than you, to help you with the birthing process. They don’t work for you. They provide the best knowledge available. It may even be in your baby’s interest, you know, not to claim you’re more of an expert than the doctor. Okay, have a good.

I did it twice at Sibley with Reiter Hill as my OB practice. No one batted an eye. If you want to have a med-free vaginal birth no one is going to try to stop you unless there is a valid medical risk to you or the baby. If you want to give your baby formula after he or she is born, you have to specifically request it. Breast feeding is assumed.

Anyway, love Club Sib, it's a nice hospital!

Anonymous wrote:I would pick a different OB if an unmedicated birth is your strong preference. Either the midwives at WHC or the midwives at GW. If you're not a candidate for midwives, my next choice would be GW - they are baby friendly and probably align more with the birth you seem set on.

Sure as opposed to the other hospitals where they hate babies. Come on.

I had three medicated (by choice) vaginal births at Sibley and I EBFed all three for 6+ months. I found Sibley supportive and not pushy. There is a lactation consultant who visits. My OB would have let me be unmedicated if I'd wanted to (they also would have given me a c section if I'd asked). I think if you're looking for somewhere that PUSHES unmedicated/vaginal/EBF, Sibley is not the best bet, but they're perfectly supportive. Your OB practice matters more ultimately.

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Anonymous wrote:Does your OB understand that they work FOR YOU? If not, you’re stuck.

I would not tolerate any doctor who didn’t understand and respect MY wishes.

The doctor doesn’t work for you. You’re their client. You’re not their boss.

Any doctor disrespecting me, gets fired. Immediately. Sorry, doc!

I would pick a different OB if an unmedicated birth is your strong preference. Either the midwives at WHC or the midwives at GW. If you're not a candidate for midwives, my next choice would be GW - they are baby friendly and probably align more with the birth you seem set on.

Anonymous wrote:Does your OB understand that they work FOR YOU? If not, you’re stuck.

I would not tolerate any doctor who didn’t understand and respect MY wishes.

The doctor doesn’t work for you. You’re their client. You’re not their boss.

Does your OB understand that they work FOR YOU? If not, you’re stuck.

I would not tolerate any doctor who didn’t understand and respect MY wishes.

Why even have an OB if the natural route is what you want to take? Switch to WHC midwives or a home birth! You’ve got this mama!

No judgement on others, but was very curious when researching past posts on which hospitals to choose that every post I came across from someone who delivered at Sibley mentioned epidurals, c-sections and/or no breastfeeding. This is all the opposite of what I want but my OB delivers at Sibley. I know people have said they’re not pushed into any interventions or etc but curious to hear some feedback from mamas who went all natural and delivered at Sibley?