switching from midwife to ob

jellybeane1992

I was only finding posts about people switching from their ob to midwives. But I have been feeling extremely down for the last week after we finally had to make the decision to stop seeing my midwife who I loved everything about. Between the drive and having to pay out of pocket because my new insurance wouldn't cover it since it's out of state. After spending 2 full days searching for local options there aren't any midwives in the area and the closest one is over the state line and won't take my insurance either. I'm really bummed about my insurance only being taken at one clinic in the area and I'm trying to stay hopeful and trying to like it but my first impression of the clinic wasn't the greatest. I just needed to rant a little since no one I'm around actually understands how i feel about this and just says you can do it for your next pregnancy. My fiance is trying his hardest to make me feel better about the switch even to the point of saying if he's not off working in November we can call them and still do it there since they will let people switch close to their due dates. I know there's nothing wrong about hospital births, I just never planned on having one even before we decided to have a baby. I just miss it already.

mfitz33

I get it! A midwife is a special relationship. I had an ob gyn and then switched to a midwife for the baby. I too will need to switch back over and I'm not happy either.