https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 10:59:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2278473 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 20:41:33 +0000 ElbieKay 2278473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I switched to a sole practitioner at the end of my second trimester. She met us at the hospital when we arrived around 9am or so, checked in throughout the day, and delivered my son at 1am. She is my hero. I love her. I am so glad I changed docs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2277718 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:45:42 +0000 namaste 2277718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I was so lucky my OB came on schedule when it was time to push. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2277696 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:32:13 +0000 AmandaB8 2277696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. Mine was on call, but she was stuck in an emergency c-section, and DD was NOT waiting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2277617 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:24:21 +0000 getjazzy 2277617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first, no since I went in to labour on my own. With this one, yes because I didn't go in to labour on my own and had a scheduled c-section at 41+2 which my OB attended. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2277609 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:13:55 +0000 snowjewelz 2277609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine didn't, I knew that the chances she'd deliver me is not great but I didn't really mind. The dr the ended up delivering me I had never met, but it wasn't a concern to me, I actually liked him a lot! And he totally made me change my mind about not wanting a man as my OB! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2277266 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 21:57:21 +0000 Bluemasonjar 2277266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I saw a rotation of midwives and two of the OB's during my pregnancy. The MW I had seen the most was on call the night I went into labor but after the shift change I had a MW I had only seen once. After laboring for a few hours I ended up having a c section. The MW assisted but DS was delivered by an OB in the practice that I had never met. Thankfully I liked him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2277213 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 21:02:41 +0000 matador84 2277213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My OB delivered my LO1 and it was a holiday weekend. I think he was going out of town the next day. A different doctor came to check on me in the hospital. The same OB came to fix me up in the hospital after I delivered in route and then he also came and checked on me in subsequent days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2277188 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 20:17:28 +0000 catomd00 2277188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The OB who I saw most frequently at the end of my pregnancy was the one who delivered me. I ended up meeting everyone in the practice at least once, but him and another I saw much more frequently just by the way our schedules worked. I would have been fine with any of them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2277055 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 15:32:04 +0000 Chuckles 2277055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! We got lucky that she was the one on call that night since I wasn't totally thrilled with the other OBs in the practice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2277005 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 12:25:08 +0000 LilSprinkles 2277005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never had a set OB/midwife while pregnant. It was whoever had an opening. The OB who delivered my DS was one of the two that were on-call. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276923 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 07:30:12 +0000 Pumuckl 2276923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No but it is common here. I was in the care of an OB's office and delivered at a hospital with an on call midwife and doc. It is actually the midwives "catching" the babies here though. (And at my second delivery the doc never made it to my delivery). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276840 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 21:31:59 +0000 NavyRN2012 2276840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first, yes. But his office was across he street from the hospital and it was during business hours. I had a different doc for my second and third and he didn't deliver either. He was JUST coming off 24 hour call when I delivered my daughter and he was out of town for my son. I was bummed :sad: I hated the resident that was there for my daughters delivery- very condescending (not to mention I worked with him and he had no respect for nurses). With my son though, my FAVORITE resident was on and it was fabulous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276833 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 21:15:02 +0000 yin 2276833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My OB did not deliver LO1 or LO2, and no one in the practice was present at either birth! My OB was on vacation the first time. I labored for a long time with LO1 and have no idea why none of the other OBs were there to check up on me, especially since it was a weekday morning and their office is inside the hospital where I delivered. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276807 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 19:33:38 +0000 chopsuey 2276807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My OB delivered both my kids :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276806 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 19:33:03 +0000 YouGotMe 2276806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I was admitted while my OB was on call but it was three hours before shift change so a different OB delivered. </p> <p>My body was ready to push before the on call OB was out of a c section but the nurse couldn't make me wait any longer so we weren't even sure if the OB would deliver the baby or the nurse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276755 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 16:01:10 +0000 Reese 2276755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, one of the many reasons I went with a MW </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276717 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 14:25:43 +0000 lamariniere 2276717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Neither time! My first OB worked in a large group and I knew the chances of her delivering me were low, based on their rotations. I saw half of the Obs in the practice, but one I didn't know delivered LO1. For LO2, I had only one OB, but he didn't make it to the hospital fast enough and one of the staff midwives delivered me. He walked in 10 minute after the birth and was amazed at how quickly it went. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276700 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 13:47:39 +0000 Mrs. J 2276700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My midwives always rotated so you knew all of them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276697 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 13:43:49 +0000 jhd 2276697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. She was out of town and I saw a few different on call people. I hadn't met them before except for one OB who stopped by the morning of discharge to check on me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276695 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 13:41:01 +0000 skipra 2276695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first the practice was large and midwives from a few different offices delivered at the hospital. I had not met the midwife who caught DS before that day. She was amazing and probably my favorite of all the midwives I met.<br /> For my second I was with a smaller group with 3 midwives and one or two that filled in irregularly at the hospital. I saw all three throughout my pregnancy and expected one of them to be there at the birth but we got stuck in traffic on the way to the hospital and had to go to another hospital where some random ob walked in just to catch DS. I wouldn't recognize him if I ran right into him! I think he was in the room for 5-10 minutes max. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276694 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 13:38:16 +0000 Mamasig 2276694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well I had c sections so not the same. She was there for both but a different doctor pulled out DS2. I always think of the other OB as having delivered DS2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276644 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 12:10:06 +0000 josina 2276644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My OB wanted to be the one to deliver me so we actually induced so she could. I had been dilated for awhile and was having contractions the morning of so it worked out perfectly and I'm glad it was with her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276627 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 11:16:55 +0000 Mrs. Microscope 2276627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! One of my 2 obs was on call the weekend I was induced, so I was lucky! It was a close call at actual pushing time, as she had another patient in the next room also ready to deliver, and they told me that one of us might have the resident doc deliver if we went at the same time! I kept saying I was there first, so I wanted my doc! And I got her! She actually delivered both babies, as even though we started pushing at the same time, I only pushed for 40 min (30 with the doc) and LO was born, and the other lady pushed an additional 2 hours, poor thing! But at least we BOTH got to have our doctor! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276598 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 10:26:19 +0000 FaithFertility 2276598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep :) my midwife was suppose to get off at 7 a.m. but she went in to the call room for a nap so she could deliver DD at 4 p.m.!<br /> Love her and was very thankful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276591 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 10:17:50 +0000 AngelicOne 2276591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. My OB office is just one doctor. Her office is near the hospital so they just called her when I was close to the end since it was about 1:30pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276581 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 10:03:00 +0000 PawPrints 2276581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is why I don't understand when people choose where to have their baby based on a particular OB. No guarantee that doc will be the one to deliver your baby. I went with a midwifery practice where we got to know all the midwives throughout the pregnancy so we were sure to know the one working that day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276578 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 09:58:57 +0000 Ginabean3 2276578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: same!! I saw an OB my whole pregnancy and ended up being delivered by an amazing midwife who looked like Molly Ringwald! She was amazing!</p> <p>My first pregnancy my OB did deliver (we didn't have Kaiser at the time). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276558 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 09:10:57 +0000 BandDmommy 2276558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, both times. My babies must really want to be delivered by our OB because both have been delivered right at the cut off time where it would roll to a different OB. DS was born at 5 a.m. and DD at 4 a.m. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276540 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 08:29:25 +0000 pinkb 2276540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went with a small office that guaranteed one of the 2 Drs would deliver you. So for DD1 the OB I had seen the most was there. For DS they has split the DR office so there was one OB and a midwife no guarentee that it would be either one, but the midwife was in call the night I delivered. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-ob-midwife-deliver-your-baby/page/2#post-2276503 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 07:24:44 +0000 twodoghouse 2276503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My OB works at a large group, too, but I was induced over a weekend she was on call. She also told me to call her anytime if I went into labor because she'd make sure to be there. Typically with this office you get whoever is on call, but she really wanted to be there for me since it was a complicated delivery ( due to twins and DS's position). </p>