- Pregnancy
- Baby & Toddler
- Parents
- Getting Pregnant
- Baby Names
- Product Reviews
-
Registry
- Community
-
More
Want a personalized experience?
Download the free app
Houston Babies
The Women's Specialists of Houston
Hi Ladies!
I was wondering if any one has had a birth with a Doctor or Midwife from The Women's Specialists of Houston. If so, how was your experience and did you have a natural birth?
We just found out baby #2 is on the way!
This discussion has been closed.
Re: The Women's Specialists of Houston
LOOOOOOTS of us have. I loved my OB and the staff there. If and when we decide to have another, definitely going with the same OB.
If you mean natural as in no drugs, no I didn't. I loved getting my epi and will do it again. The midwives (from what I hear) and OBs are supportive of whatever kind of birth you want, so long as it is safe for baby and mommy.
I don't mind posting at all...she's very popular here and I went to her before we even got pregnant because of all the raves about her. Dr. Kimberly Bobo was and is my doctor. One of my best friends go to Dr. Dryden and loves her too (but she is only taking referrals from her current patients for new patients right now).
I didn't go the midwife route so can't help you there.
Dryden is awesome, I can tell you that.
I went with Dr Bobo. Dr Dryden was my second choice.
I didn't have a natural birth (I ended up with a scheduled c-section because DD got so big and I'd had zero progress) but I had no doubt she'd have been supportive of it. Before we realized how big she'd gotten, Dr Bobo and I discussed how far we'd let me go before talking induction (she'd have let me go to 41 weeks.) I chose her because I knew she was generally pro natural birth though, and I considered the midwives (but DH was more comfortable with an MD)
I will say she's very cautious and generally non-interventionist. The scheduled C was my choice based on the odds she gave me for success at an induction; I could have induced if I'd wanted to. I had a somewhat complicated but very healthy pregnancy -- I had a subchorionic hematoma and then some placental resistance, so we did a lot of monitoring, but I had no other problems.
Another rec for Bobo ~ I started going to her when I got pregnant and will forever be loyal...and we're not having any more kids. She is FANTASTIC.
Dryden was the doctor on call when I first went into the hospital @ 2 am the day I delivered, but Bobo came in and delivered DD. I really, really liked Dryden as well. My aunt goes to her and loves her, and I have a family friend who works for her.
Seriously, you cannot go wrong with Women's Specialists. They are just phenomenal, and I have always been pleased with EVERYONE there ~ receptionists, administrative staff, nurses, techs, etc. Everybody is wonderful.
I saw the midwives throughout my pregnancy and loved all of them. They are a very caring, open group who never hurried me through appointments and answered all my questions. I know that they would have done everything they could to help me have the birth experience I wanted.
However, my body had different ideas and my LO was born at 27 weeks via emergency c-section. The midwife on call (Dawn) was present at the birth but the actual procedure was done by Dr Espana who is wonderful as well. I have since switched to Dr Espana since any future prengnacies I have will be high risk can I cannot use the midwives for my situation. I will say that every one of the midwives came to check on me during my hospital stay and Dr Espana also checked on me every day, even when he was not on call.
Its a great practice--good luck choosing!
Our precious girl, born at 27 weeks.
We went to Dr. Heard when we were TTC, and when after the first trimester we switched to Dr. Zepeda (because Heard does not do L&D).
Dr. Zepeda is wonderful, very sweet, and highly experienced. He is one of the founders of the Women's Specialists of Houston.
Dr. Mott performed c-section after trying everything under the sun to get my DD to descend into pelvis, including reinfusing my uterus with fluid! I appreciated her efforts to make my vaginal delivery wishes come true, even though they didn't. I had a wonderful c-section experience with her and we are currently working on having a hypnobabies vbac with my LO due in August. She's fabulous!
Wow! Thank you all, so much! I'm pretty sure I am going to go with them, just not sure if it will be a MD or Midwife yet.
I really appreciate all of your responses.