Anonymous
Post 11/21/2013 22:15     Subject: Re:c-section -- Sibley or GW?
Anonymous wrote:OP, if you are high risk only because of age, and you're only 8 weeks, why are you expecting to have a C-section? Seems a little cart before the horse, you know?


So I have to get a c-section bc I have congenital hip dysplasia... little to no exterior rotation on my left hip so have been told by doc I wont be able to deliver vaginally...
I could possibly do standing but that means no drugs so that doesn't really appeal to me.
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2013 12:19     Subject: c-section -- Sibley or GW?
Another person who had 2 c-sections at GW (1 emergency and 1 scheduled). I would go there again in a heartbeat. They saved my child's life the 1st time around and the 2nd was a lovely, calm experience. My surgical team (including the very caring anesthelogists) was beyond.

The hospital was busier than my 1st time, so the nurses were swamped. I think GW is just more popular these days as word has gotten out.
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2013 12:16     Subject: c-section -- Sibley or GW?
have had two c-sections (one emergency, one scheduled) and had an awesome experience. great staff and nurses. my doc delivers at both sibley and GW and i chose GW mainly because of the NICU and because of the private room. there is also a lot more "stuff" around GW for family etc to get food and whatnot and being metro accessible was helpful for vistors as well.
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2013 11:07     Subject: c-section -- Sibley or GW?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:A resident is a doctor.
There will be an attending there. I had an attending and resident. GW is a teaching hospital. You will see many residents and interns but they are all doctors. I was hesitant at first too but they were all for the most part great (aside from the doc who told me "we won't just give you a section here!" When is been in labor for over 2 days and was begging for it to be over). Students are a different story and you can ask to not have them involved. There were no students in my c section (which was at night so maybe that's why no one observed?).
Also, at GW the odds the doc you see will deliver you unless you specifically schedule your c section with them - and even then I'd say there is no guarantee - are low. Metz did mine because it was her day on call. And in L&D I think the nurses matter more. You see the doc very little even for a c section.


I wouldn't want a resident doing my c section.


You have an attending there. I was skeptical of the teaching aspect of GW but you see so many doctors you have no idea who is a resident and who isn't (if you are there for a long time). I got over my fear and was treated exceptionally well by residents. I didn't let interns or students interact with me much past one full day because my patience were thin

JinDC
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2013 10:26     Subject: Re:c-section -- Sibley or GW?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, if you are high risk only because of age, and you're only 8 weeks, why are you expecting to have a C-section? Seems a little cart before the horse, you know?


Maybe she wants one? Imagine that.


I actually can't imagine that, which is why I asked.
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2013 10:25     Subject: Re:c-section -- Sibley or GW?
Anonymous wrote:OP, if you are high risk only because of age, and you're only 8 weeks, why are you expecting to have a C-section? Seems a little cart before the horse, you know?


Maybe she wants one? Imagine that.
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2013 10:17     Subject: Re:c-section -- Sibley or GW?
OP, if you are high risk only because of age, and you're only 8 weeks, why are you expecting to have a C-section? Seems a little cart before the horse, you know?