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Changed OB's but stayed within the practice. Mine had actually left, so I didn't have much of a choice,but I would've wanted to switch anyway.

Similar to @mrs.shinerbock: I changed midwives within the same practice for scheduling reasons. I really liked both, though neither of them were there for delivery, it was the on call midwife both times. The office was pretty inconvenient to get to but I really liked the care I received and my whole birth experience so I stayed with them.

I have stayed in the same practice but switched a couple times now. I had a midwife for my first two pregnancies, then she left the practice so I had a new midwife for my next pregnancy, and then after I lost that pregnancy and then had a chemical (my 3rd loss), I switched to an actual OB. I haven't had a bad experience with any of them so far, except that the midwives always want to call my losses "bad luck." While they might be right, I mainly switched to an OB because I know she will run further tests if I lose another pregnancy (the midwife would not do it for me last time but this OB already said that she would have done it if she was the one seeing me last time).

Yes. My normal ob no longer does deliveries so with dd, I had to choose someone else at the practice. (The brother of my normal dr actually.)

He was really low maintenance which I liked but overall just had a weird vibe. He technically delivered dd, but another doctor from the practice (their niece actually) was there the majority of time I pushed she I had dd first thing in the morning while my doctor arrive.

I switched to her for this pregnancy. Funny enough she didn't remember me and she she asked how labor went last time my response was you were there for most of it! But understandable since I know they deliver a ton of babies.

About a year after having my son I switched because she didn't seem to care about me. I felt like she blew me off because I was young and "healthy". After switching doctors I found out that I had hashimotos (an autoimmune thyroid condition). I probably would've suffered for a long time if I had not switched. I now live in another state, but I did like the other doctor that I switched to before.

Nope, I've been at my OB forvever. I've been very happy with their GYN care, OB care during and post pregnancy. I've also gone through probably half a dozen OB/GYN offices before finding this one, Prekids, so I have less doubts about their care.

I changed OBs but stayed at the same practice. We really liked the OB that delivered my DD (my actual OB got off work before I delivered) so we wanted to go with her. I was okay with my previous OB but I can see why my DH didn't like her, she is just more rushed and to-the-point and our current one is more relaxed and warm.

Yes. I saw a midwife for DS #1. While we liked her practice (it was a mixture of OBs and midwives), I didn't love the hospital where I delivered. I switched to a new practice this pregnancy and am very happy. There are no midwives, but I ended up having a high risk pregnancy this time around, so it is working out. I'm excited to delivery in a better hospital and closer to home!

2 kids, 2 practices here. I had a unique situation in which I had 2 miscarriages, then had LO1, then 2 more miscarriages. Once I had my 4th, my OB told me yet again that I was having bad luck and wouldn't refer me to an infertility specialist. I let him know I was going to one with or without his referral, but would appreciate a referral.

Turns out I had asherman's syndrome. Had I not insisted, I would have had a 5th miscarriage. I wanted someone who would listen to me instead of brushing me off. Love the practice that delivered LO2, and still with them.

Yes, we moved between pregnancies. I loved my first OB office and the second one left me cold. I'm thinking about switching. I definitely will if we have a third baby but I might not bother if we don't. There are relatively few options in my area.

Not pregnant with second baby, but I plan to find a different OB for a whole host of reasons. I'm currently trying to decide if I will change hospitals or not as well. I plan to meet with various doctors this summer.

I am currently pregnant with #2. I was not pleased with the OB that I used for my first pregnancy (or the way that her office operated). I am with a different practice for this pregnancy (and will be delivering at a different hospital), and I have been extremely pleased with my care thus far.

Yes. We switched insurance

Yes, I changed from an ob to a midwife practice for this birth, but I plan to return to my ob for gyn care afterwards. I like her and have seen her for years and respect her as a gynecologist and diagnostician, but we have different styles regarding birth. I was lucky she didn't attend the birth of my daughter we differ so greatly. As soon as I got my bfp, she was like "good luck, I'll see you for your annual next year unless you need me".

Congrats!!

I'm seeing a new doctor for #3 because I'm living in a different country. Like you, I set up consults with two OBs - after meeting both, the choice was VERY clear. The one I chose has been very receptive to hearing about my previous pregnancies, births, and kids (they were small, which I told her from the beginning because I don't want to get pushed to induce early due to falsely suspected IUGR when I just grow small babies).

I had the same OB for my first teo and will definitely miss her, but I think the one I found is a good (similar) fit.

I'm seeing a different midwife in the practice because the other one left. I like her a lot. I wanted to stay with the same practice because of their hands-off approach to GD. I really appreciated not being pushed into an induction/c-section at 39 weeks when I had no indicators that it was necessary.

@snowjewelz: I hope you can get what you want! I could go to a closer provider, but most of the OB's in my city are extremely conservative and would push for c-section/induction because I "might" have a big baby in there (I carry large).