https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:19:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/switching-providers-at-29-weeks#post-2597704 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 11:04:22 +0000 Bluebonnet 2597704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Find a provider you trust. Delivery is going to be unnecessarily stressful if you aren't comfortable with whoever is delivering your baby.</p> <p>If you can't be assigned a midwife you like, look into another midwife practice or OB practices that have privileges at the hospital you've selected. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/switching-providers-at-29-weeks#post-2597695 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 10:50:29 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2597695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love my OB. I think a lot of the new ACOG guidelines (if the practice follows current recs) help a lot. Also just being a patient advocate for yourself (which it sounds like you are) and letting your OB know your wishes and make sure they are on board. The only thing my OB said I couldn't do was not have an IV. He said hospital protocol wanted to have an open access in case of an emergency. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/switching-providers-at-29-weeks#post-2597680 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 10:35:07 +0000 Iced Tea 2597680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would find some folks local to you who are in-the-know about natural birth (doulas or your local birth network group). They will have a good idea of the actual practices of the OBs and midwives in your area. </p> <p>I also like the idea posted above to speak with others in the practice to seek a solution. If you can make that work, obviously it could be simpler than changing practices, though it certainly isn't too late to switch if you decide to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/switching-providers-at-29-weeks#post-2597439 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 23:06:20 +0000 Mrsbells 2597439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bernieboo: its all about finding the right OB, you can find out a lot about OBs by reading reviews of them online.<br /> I had an OB with my first pregancy and love her to bits. I did have complications and did need a c-section but she was not pushing or condescending at all and actually allowed me to delay my c-section and try inducing me first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/switching-providers-at-29-weeks#post-2597399 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 20:09:54 +0000 Cole 2597399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with first talking to someone you like within the practice as asking if they can help you figure this out. If that doesn't work, switch! I wish I had, I hated one midwife in my practice and sure enough she delivered me and she was just as awful as I had previously felt her to be. I actual was panicking when I went into labor because I knew she was the one on call. It's just not worth it. I've since heard that some of the midwives will let you call them directly when you go into labor if you prearrange it because they know this is an issue which is why I suggest having a chat before switching. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/switching-providers-at-29-weeks#post-2597359 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 18:49:19 +0000 MrsSRS 2597359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is there a midwife you trust? I would tell her that you've decided you want one dedicated provider, not a rotation, and ask if she knows if one of the obstacles has a better record for natural births. Or I'd ask for the office manager or head of the midwife group and discuss how the midwife dismissed your medically relevant information. FWIW I had to switch at 30 weeks with my first LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/switching-providers-at-29-weeks#post-2597354 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 18:44:05 +0000 IRunForFun 2597354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are there other midwives in your area that have delivery privileges at that hospital? Like a private midwife or midwife group not associated with it? I'd look into that if I were you. It might be a good compromise so you can be in the familiar setting with familiar staff but a different primary provider. I switched from an OB practice with midwives on staff to a private midwifery group because I really disliked one OB at the practice and there was just no way to guarantee he wouldn't be the one to deliver me. (I had other reasons for switching too but that was a main one.) You're further into your pregnancy than I am, which might complicate things more, but it can be done. I had a doula client switch practices at 35 weeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/switching-providers-at-29-weeks#post-2597348 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 18:37:34 +0000 Bernieboo 2597348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I'm hoping some bees have experience with this because I'm not finding anything helpful online. My hospital of choice has both obgyns and midwives. My amazing obgyn of several years (who my husband and I LOVED) left about a month before we started TTC. We wanted to stay with the hospital for this pregnancy (our first) because we're very familiar with it, my mom works there, and I've been there a thousand times. I have asthma and endometriosis, so I have been seeing the maternal fetal medicine doc since we started TTC. He's great, but doesn't deliver. I had a lot of bad experiences with obgyns while I was trying to get a diagnosis and treatment for my endometriosis. That, coupled with the fact that I want a natural birth, led us to choose the midwives. I've been seeing them the entire time and I've had a mostly positive experience. I've had a couple of times where they've dismissed my concern about something, but I assumed it was because they knew more than me and it really wasn't something I needed to be concerned about.</p> <p>Yesterday, we ended up in OB triage because I was having contractions and reduced fetal movement. (Everything is fine! Just overtaxed myself over the weekend, but baby and cervix are perfect!) But we had a terrible experience with the midwife on call (i've seen her in the past at a regular appt, as I've met nearly all of the midwives). She was very condescending, kept telling me to stop being so stressed, and to trust my body. She also apparently hadn't read my chart, because she had no idea what I was talking about when I mentioned the sacral nuerectomy I had for my endometriosis pain. (I was told by the pelvic pain specialists that this could make labor and contractions less painful or noticeable for me, so to be very careful when I decided to get pregnant.) I had to explain to her what it was and even after mentioning previous medical advice to be very careful of preterm labor, she immediately dismissed my concerns and provided no guidance on how to deal with this going forward. Then she told me that I didn't need to be seeing the MFM doc and that pregnancy would improve my asthma. I've been told multiple times by multiple providers that asthma is exacerbated by pregnancy. All in all, I felt like she was inconvenienced by me being in triage and didn't take any care to pay attention to my health history or my concerns going forward.</p> <p>Here's my dilemma: we're still committed to staying at this hospital (the hospital where my old ob delivers is having a lot of issues and I don't want to deal with that on my first pregnancy), but I don't want to risk this midwife delivering my baby. There's about 10 total in the practice. I could switch to an ob fairly easily, as it's all the same practice. But I have no idea what the experience is like with an ob and I've heard so many horror stories about being pushed into pain meds and c sections. What would you do? Stay with the midwives? Switch to the obgyns? Switch to a different practice altogether?</p> <p>Thanks in advance for your advice! </p>