Did your doc ACTUALLY deliver your baby?

lilmissmuffin12 · March 2010

Im curious about this. I used an OBGYN and when we first met her i asked her very specifically if SHE would be delivering my baby. She said yes unless she was deathly ill or something. So I go along my 9 months thinking that she'll be in the room with me and when it comes down to it she WASNT. Turned out she wasnt on call that weekend so a midwife and dr I had never met delivered my baby. It ended up being fine but I was PISSED when we got there. Anyone else deal with this?

AfterAll · March 2010

There are many doctors in my practice, so yes, one of them delivered my baby. She actually almost missed it. Jackson was crowning before the doctor made it back into the room.

MrsF2007 · March 2010

My doctor did but he was the only delivering doctor at the office at the time. The other one left about 2 months before I delivered but it didn't matter because the one who saw me throughout was the one who delivered me.

Maykay81 · March 2010

That sucks! My doctor delivered my DD.

HRALFS · March 2010

No, my dr did not deliver my baby. I knew this was a possibility though since I go to a pretty big practice. I did have the option though since he offered a scheduled induction after my due date when he would be working on call. I decided against the scheduled induction and let my body progress on its own.

DDearinger · March 2010

I used a MW from the OBGYN practice, and she didn't end up being on call that night I got induced either (it was an unplanned induction), so another MW delivered me. Kind of disappointed but when it came time to push, I didn't give 2 sh!ts who delivered me, i just wanted the baby out.

seashell82 · March 2010

the practice i go to has 4 doctors and 2 midwives. i was initially told that whoever is on call will deliver me even though i really wanted my midwife to. i ended up being induced because of gd so my midwife ended up doing it.

Sticky41284 · March 2010

Nope. Had a c/s an hour after she left for the night, so the on call doc (from the same practice) cut me open.

I think total, I spoke to that doctor twice. Once when I met her and the day I went home.

My doc was on call the weekend I was in the hospital though, so I got to see her everyday, which was nice.

ccrow · March 2010

yes i saw a nurse practioner for 9 mths adn a midwife for about 2 weeks

i was ok with this thinking the midwife would be in and out and deliver the baby. well no the nurses had me push a few times to see how long id take then had me stop because he was right there and the midwife wasnt in yet....the midwife literally walked in adn had we push twice then finished up and left

i thought they were there more but i gues not this one

sophabelle · March 2010

whoever was on call would be who delivered my baby. there were 9 docs at my practice and they tried to get me in with each doc at least once so that i had met each one of them. thankfully the doc that delivered my ds was the last one i saw in the office. she wasn't the one i saw the most but i did really like her.

they should have let you know from the beginning that whoever was on call would be who delivered your baby.

krissyh21 · March 2010

No, but I knew that would be a possibility. My OB practice is located in a hosital and all the doctors there are on call in L&D certain days. So who ever the on call doctor is that day is the delivering doctor. It is also a teaching hospital so I was sewn up by an intern.

I had no problems with it.

Mama2MyBabies · March 2010

My OB is part of team of high risk OB's. They made sure that I had an appointment with every doctor just in case my chosen OB was not on call to deliver. The OB that delivered me was GREAT, so I was not upset. I chose that practice for it reputation of their OB's. I can't wait for them to deliver these two. Big Smile

carimeli · March 2010

Yes, my dr. delivered her. I went to the hospital and they called her in. I don't know if it happened to be her on-call day and I got lucky?

Ivana_Stolichnaya · March 2010

I ended up with an on-call Dr. who I had never met and he was a total a-hole. Think the Dr. from the movie 'Knocked Up'

I had been pushing for 2 hours with a really sweet nurse, then arrogant Dr. di-kface rolls in and starts acting like he had somewhere better to be. He came over to me and pushed down hard on my stomach which hurt so bad I lost my breath and then started crying in pain. He wasted no time and thought the baby wasn't going to come out anytime soon so he told me he had to vacuum her out. He kept pointing out to me and my whole family about how I wasn't pushing good enough. EXCUSE me!!! I've been up for 24 hours already, in labor for 11 hours and pushing for 2...STFU! He was in such a hurry that my epidural wasn't able to be turned back up all the way. He yanked on her head and pulled on her when I wasn't even contracting at one point. Even my husband yelled at him, "Stop, she's not even contracting!". I ended up tearing up and down thanks to him and since my epidural wasn't in full effect, I felt every part of those tears and the stitches that followed. I'm not even embellishing this...this really was a horrible event. It was so painful that instead of grabbing the bars on the side of the bed and pulling, I was pushing away, the nurse had to keep correcting me. I ended up missing her coming out because my eyes were closed, all of a sudden she was on my stomach.

A total nightmare delivery which thankfully ended with a healthy baby girl.

JLG95 · March 2010

I was originally seeing an OB, he told me this could happen. There are about 10 doctors in his practice and I wasn't really happy about that because I only knew my OB/GYN, but I wasn't surprised. Anyway, I switched to a midwife practice with 4 midwives. All of them provided my care, so I knew the 2 that were involved in my labor/delivery. That was nice. Anyway, DH actually caught the baby, that was awesome and he was so proud of himself.

livinreality · March 2010

My OB delivered LO (it was almost the nurse but she arrived just in time)... but she is a one doctor practice so I knew that I might end up with another dr in her coop because she does take ocassional vacations and weekends off.

They were talking about inducing me a week earlier (High Blood Pressure) and my OB was on vacation so I waited a week for her opinion did not want to rush into it if not an emergency.

sgrl · March 2010

No. I went in for an appointment on Friday October 23 and we scheduled an induction for the next Wednesday, when he'd be on call, but I ended up going into labor the next day, and another doctor in his practice delivered Sadie. He was great though, no complaints. My doctor came by to check on me on the next Monday.

ckmommy · March 2010

My Dr helped in the delivery. I had a c-section and my Dr isn't an OB but he delivers his patients 98% of the time. I had my Dr, the head OB who was on call that night and the resident all deliver me.

fairychick77 · March 2010

My OBGYN's office had 5 different doctors. You took turns seeing all of them while you were pg so you would know them if they were on call when you went into labor. I got lucky and got my favorite dr when J was born.

OSUtiff · March 2010

We were told up front that the doctor on call would be the one to deliver the baby. I was fine with that. And, no, it wasn't my doctor, it was another from that same practice.

What I did NOT know was that the doctor came in at the last minute. For almost 2 hours I had a nurse sitting in between my legs.All in all everything worked out.

sgrl · March 2010

Ivana.Stolichnaya:

I ended up with an on-call Dr. who had never met and he was a total a-hole. Think the Dr. from the movie 'Knocked Up'

I had been pushing for 2 hours with a really sweet nurse, then arrogant Dr. di-kface rolls in and starts acting like he had somewhere better to be. He came over to me and pushed down hard on my stomach which hurt so bad I lost my breath and then started crying in pain. He wasted no time and thought the baby wasn't going to come out anytime soon so he told me he had to vacuum her out. He yanked on her head and pulled on her when I wasn't even contracting at one point. Even my husband yelled at him, "Stop, she's not even contracting!". I ended up tearing up and down thanks to him.

OMG that's HORRIBLE!!!! I'm so sorry.

t.bird · March 2010

there are several docs in my practice & yes, one of them did. i was actually pretty pleased with the one that was on call- i loved her

EbethM0231 · March 2010

At the time I was seeing my OB, she was the only doctor in the practice, so yes, she delivered my baby. She used to have another doctor with her but at the time was no longer with her. I was told though that if they were to hire someone during my 9 months with her, then there would be a chance that the other doctor could be in the delivery room. But that never happened.

franciscaz · March 2010

When I had Harmon I was attending a practice w/2 doctors so both of them attended the c-section.

With the cupcakes my doctor performed the c-section along with his partner.

EbethM0231 · March 2010

Ivana.Stolichnaya:

I ended up with an on-call Dr. who I had never met and he was a total a-hole. Think the Dr. from the movie 'Knocked Up'

I had been pushing for 2 hours with a really sweet nurse, then arrogant Dr. di-kface rolls in and starts acting like he had somewhere better to be. He came over to me and pushed down hard on my stomach which hurt so bad I lost my breath and then started crying in pain. He wasted no time and thought the baby wasn't going to come out anytime soon so he told me he had to vacuum her out. He was in such a hurry that my epidural wasn't able to be turned back up all the way. He yanked on her head and pulled on her when I wasn't even contracting at one point. Even my husband yelled at him, "Stop, she's not even contracting!". I ended up tearing up and down thanks to him and since my epidural wasn't in full effect, I felt every part of those tears and the stitches that followed. I'm not even embellishing this...this really was a horrible event.

A total nightmare delivery which thankfully ended with a healthy baby girl.

oh my god, that sounds horrible! I would have been sooo pi$$ed!!! I'm sorry you went through that!

Monsieur_et_Madame_Ha · March 2010

I was lucky I went in labor between 8 and 5 on a week day, because that's when my Dr would deliver her patients. Had it been at night or on a weekend, I would have had the on-call Dr (which may or may not have been my Dr)

lissah23 · March 2010

I ended up being transferred to another hospital, so it was a doctor I'd never even heard of who ended up doing my C-Section.

Jessalicious01 · March 2010

there are 3 women in my practice and 1 male.

I'd seen 2 of the women through most of my pregnancy. The other female was new and came to the practice at the very end of my pregnancy and I'd seen her once.

Turns out, I go in and it's the male on call. Of course! I didn't see him my whole pregnancy.

Then the female who just entered the practice came on and did my c-section. I was kind of annoyed, I would have rather had one of the other 2, but I know how it all works, and she did a great job. I just would have been more comfortable with one of the other 2 women.

dle927 · March 2010

Nope. I got the arse doctor from the practice. I pushed for a couple hours and that doctor was too busy sleeping so the MW from the practice was with me. It led to a c-section with the only female of the practice whom had no bedside manner....said, "this doesn't look good. She's bleeding out....I am still bailing blood out of her." I hated her.

blondie052982 · March 2010

My dr almost didn't make it in. She had another patient two rooms over who was being rather difficult so I didn't get to see my dr much. The other patient was ready to start pushing but was refusing to push! seriously the baby has to come out it just can't stay in.

So they nurse had me start pushing thinking it would take a while since it was my first baby. 2 pushes in she starts yelling at me to stop because DD is about to come out. The dr and lady from the nursery run in and 5 minutes later dd was here.

kimmyg000 · March 2010

Where I go they have 2 drs and 3 midwifes. They made sure I spent time with each one at all my checkups. I don't think they should give you the impression that they will be there cause it is unrealistic that they could be available all the time. I liked all 5 of my people so I didn't have to worry much about who was on call.

lovesazzie · March 2010

Wow I'd be really pissed. I went to a MW practice, and each appointment I met with a different MW, so I knew them all and the one who was on call delivered the baby. It ended up being one of my favorites so that made me happy!

butterfly1979 · March 2010

There are 6 doctors in my practice, and you rotate through them during prenatal visits exactly for this reason. I ended up with my favorite doctor for delivery, so I was very excited!

nicolebuchalla · March 2010

My OB owns her pwn practice, and she's the only OB there. I figured if she's sick or delivering another babyit was okay, but sure enough she came up and delivered him even though I caught her in the middle of Thanksgiving dinner. LOL

Lizzerd13 · March 2010

I had a c-section. One of the doctors from my practice and the surgeon at the hospital "delivered" him.

One of the things my practice made me do was schedule and appointment with every doctor at least once during my pregnancy so come time for delivery, there wouldn't be any surprises. It turns out we scheduled the c-section and it was with the doctor that I last met with.

maddmask · March 2010

There are three doctors at my OBGYN and they rotate on call so one of them would have delivered my baby. We ended up being induced so the doctor I particularly like scheduled the induction for a time she would be on call.

amy5162 · March 2010

My doctor was not on call the day I went into labor so the other doctor delivered. There are three at the practice and I made sure to meet all of them.

smilelari · March 2010

Nope. It was a doctor I had never met.

mandyp121 · March 2010

No, but there are 5 Dr. at the office I go to and I figured it would be one of them. It ended up being a Dr. I had never met before because the Dr. that was on call from my office didn't feel like coming in.
I was okay with it because I actually really liked her as soon as I met her. I wasn't a fan of the Dr. that was on call that day either. The nurses also told me that if I would of had my Dr. or the one on call I would of been taken for a c-section (DS was vacuum extracted).

That said, I would be upset too if I was told I would have a certain Dr. and didn't.

jenna0627 · March 2010

There were three doctors with the practice I used. Two of them perfomed my c-section. (And it was an emergency one.)

jstone03 · March 2010

We scheduled an induction a couple of days before my due date, partly because I wanted MY doctor to deliver me (other personal reasons as well).

Glad I did it.

Don't care what anyone thinks.

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