I LOVE my OB. I have been seeing him for over 6 yrs now. He's very sweet and cares for his patients. During our OB rotations (5 in practice), we met with one in particular that we clicked with very well. Turns out to be friends with a good friend of ours, so we even went to Happy Hr once with him and wife while I was pg. Now, he's going on our yearly family vacations (big group of go to West coast FL).
After the pg, he took VERY good care of me! Called us Sun early to see how I was feeling (and he was not on call), avoided me going to ER, etc (I had VERY high blood pressure after delivery). He even kept me in hospital longer so I could be with boys while they were in NICU. He actually wanted to deliver the boys when they discovered I was preE, but my OB wanted too, so we waited 12 hrs for when he was on shift. I'd love for him to deliver any future kids we may have and be my OB, but not too comforable with him being GYN considering I'll be seeing him a lot out of the office.
He mentioned to my SIL once that he was disappointed that I hadn't switched to him after boys were born (I went for annual checkup about a month after released from pp). But really, we haven't made that decision.
Any opinions?! Very random thought, yes. No I'm not pg, and we are a few months away from THINKING about it.
Re: What do u think? OB-GYN related
My question is would you be comfortable if you are friends outside of your patient/doctor relationship when he examines you and delivers your next baby/ies??? If you are and are up for switching, great....if not, then explain that to him. Either way you seem to be in good hands.
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I def wouldn't have 2 diff docs. Stragely, I'd feel more comfortable with him as OB than GYN... maybe bc I know I'm cSection?! LOl But then if I switch to him, I feel bad for my original doc (same practice and he's the head)!
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He is still going to see you from the waist down during the c-section AND when you get pregnant and you schedule your new-OB appointment, he would be the one doing your pelvic exam to check and make sure everything feels right down there. Are you prepared for that?
Personally I would just keep that outside the friendship and keep the old OB as your OBGYN. I have had family friends as my doctor before (regular doctor) and now that I have a new doctor (our family friend retired), I really love that he does not have a personal connection with my family and that it is a separation of personal and professional.
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