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I am glad you love your OB as well! I truly think that I have the best OB and I feel so confident in her care. She has never pressured me into any tests or interventions during labor and she always listens and talks to me during appointments without me feeling rushed. She is also very conservative when it comes to pregnancy which is great for me since I am a paranoid freak. She also explains both sides of things which I think is great also.

I always wonder how many actual "evil" OB's that are supposedly out there. None of my friends have them either.

That's so cute!!

I love my OB so much!! She is so friendly and infinitely patient, and she is always put together so well. Her outfits are immaculately put together, her hair is always perfectly blown out into a beautiful bob, and she's almost always wearing heels. I just feel so safe around her because if she can be running around seeing patients all day but still look/act that composed, then I think she can take pretty good care of me! It sounds very superficial... I don't know why it puts me at ease so much. I'm really picky about my doctors and I just love her so much.

My OB sounds a lot like yours – she was/is very open to doing whatever you feel most comfortable with. My hospital was the same way. They both support different types of laboring, all the L&D rooms have jetted tubs and showers, exercise balls, yoga mats, etc. and they both supported using massage and other alternate types of pain management. My “mainstream” hospital actually discourages the use of epi until you have labored for quite a while naturally. I never felt pressured by anyone within my OB practice or within the hospital. I ultimately chose to have a scheduled c-section but was not pressured to do so. I trusted my OB, and every other OB at the practice that I met.

From start (first appointment at like 6 weeks along) to finish (c-section, recovery and beyond); everyone involved my husband completely, and respected my wishes completely. I don’t believe anyone there did anything “for their convenience”.

I also have also chosen a progressive hospital and while I may not choose to partake in some options, it's nice that it's there! I think my OB and her staff is wonderful. She is highly trained and I feel like she truly takes care of her patients. She has encouraged extra testing and found I had a genetic issue earlier on than most OBs would allow testing. Easily saving me the heartache of another miscarriage or two. I feel like she's a wonderful advocate and won't blow fluff up your butt, either .

I loved my OB. Se was very supportive during my difficult twin pregnancy. She didn't recommend I try a VBAC because i had. already had the previous c section and a surgery on my kidneys. I didn't mind because I wanted the scheduled c section. Se even came in to do my surgery when she was 9 months pregnant. She had her baby a week after mine. She was great.