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I wanted to be sure they had the same birthing philosophy, had experience in a wide range of "types" of delivery (breech being one of them), had a low intervention rate, gives ample time for appts and their "stats" for induction, cesarean, natural births, medicated births, losses, episiotomies, successful vbacs etc.

Ie. My MW has delivered over 800 babies ranging from breech, vbac, multiples, ftm, s/ttm, only seen one 4th degree tear in 20 years, has a low transfer rate, and only had to help 1 baby breathe (it was a DS baby and was just a bit sleepy), and all of my appts were 45min-1hour long. Knowing she was familiar with a wide range of situations, knew how to handle them, and could give me the time I felt I needed was important to me.

I think knowing what kind of birth you want is important in finding a good provider! It's NEVER too early to start discussing your birth desires with your provider BUT you can do it too late & then find you have a provider that doesn't have the same outlook/practices you're looking for. (Happens all. the. time.)

I did a post here asking for hospital recommendations and ended up finding a great doc as well! I knew I wanted an ob though.

I knew I wanted a midwife practice where I was all but assured of delivering with a midwife (assuming no complications, of course) but I also wanted it to be in a hospital. So I did some googling and found exactly that-- a midwife practice with a birthing center in a hospital, so if anything goes off the plan, it's just a short elevator ride to the regular labor and delivery ward. They get good reviews online from what I saw, too. I couldn't really rely on word of mouth because none of my friends with babies had the same wishes for their birth as me (ie, midwife, hoping to go natural / no epi, etc).

@mrsmate: I'm curious who you see, being in the Boston area too! I'm seeing the midwives at Mount Auburn.

@Foodnerd81: I see Ashley Ackerman at commonwealth obgyn in brookline. They deliver at BWH. My friend had a natural birth at mt auburn last year with a midwife and it was a great experience!

@Foodnerd81: This is totally creepy, but as I approach our L&D I searched for Mt. Auburn to see if any bees had delivered there. We are also seeing the midwives at Mt. Auburn and I am really looking forward to labor/delivery/post partum there. It seems so warm and comfortable! Nice to see another bee will be delivering there

i looked up reviews for ob/gyn in my area and got the second one on my list. though in the end i was not very pleased and will hopefully find someone else for my next pregnancy. he wasn't horrible though, so if i had to , i would go back. the more i read about midwives though, the more i think i will look into it.

Mine was recommended by a good friend of mine. I switched to the practice so I could deliver at the hospital I wanted. It's the fairly new women's hospital in the city. I ended up liking most of the doctors in my practice when I had to rotate through with them during my pregnancy.

I've been going to the same gynecologist since I was a teenager. There are 5 women obs and 4 midwifes in the practice. I decided to stick with the obs because I just feel more comfortable with them and knowing if there's an emergency the doctor is already there. I'm also not someone who needs to spend a lot of time with my doctor. I ask the question I need and I'm done. I wanted an epi so I didn't feel the need to have the midwife there the entire time. I always had my nurse and that was enough.

@Sugar.Biscuit: I had just moved to a new state, very far from my old city, when we found we were pregnant. So I searched some online local mommy boards and just went with the practice that most people seemed to go to in my town. So far, I've been mostly happy (I like all the doctors except one in the group), and they have low rates of C-section, so that's good.

But honestly, it was a total stab in the dark.

I asked my GP and she referred me to her own OBGYN who delivered her babies.

I choose my OBGYN due to several recommendations and the fact that my friend is her nanny, I knew her and her family and like how personable she is!

I had exactly this -- a combo OB/midwife practice with 2 OBs and 2 midwives. I loved it. I ended up with GD so it was great to have the OBs I needed to see and the midwives with a more "holistic" approach, all in one practice. I ended up being delivered by my favorite midwife too, which was great.