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Newbie first post.. aaand I'm having a baby
I just found out, holy moses what a Thanksgiving. I'm about 6.5 weeks, first OB appointment this week.
I just did a little snooping and it looks like there's a lot of veteran moms on here - I hope you don't mind being occasionally peppered with questions. I promise I'll look in the archives for the obvious stuff first 
I do have one question about the OB thing that I didn't see in my browsing....
I've had the same GYN for about 10 years and I really do like her, but she only delivers at St. Agnes and I'm thinking I'd like to have the baby at GBMC. I know it's probably a smidge early to be thinking about hospitals (or is it?) but I know it can be difficult to find an OB as a new patient... so I guess what I'm asking is two-fold.. how do I find a good OB with privileges at GBMC and is it crazy to jump ship on my established GYN because she doesn't deliver at the hospital I prefer?
Thoughts? and thank you
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Re: Newbie first post.. aaand I'm having a baby
Congratulations and welcome to the board. I don't have any recommendations for GBMC doctors, but I know several ladies on this board that do. Hopefully they will respond.
If your not comfortable delivering at St. Agnes then I definitely recommend changing practices. It's always good to start now looking for that doctor your comfortable with. Good luck with your search.
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Welcome and congrats! I am also expecting, I am about 15 weeks.
I am not familiar with doctors at GBMC either, but there are some women on here that have gone there.
Have a great appt!
I switched to a new OB at around 12 weeks, partially because of the hospital in which she delivered. I switched to Charles Street OBGYN. Their office is at GBMC and they deliver there as well. They were recommended to me by a couple posters here as well as some friends IRL. Their phone # is 410-823-1120. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions, need any additional info.
I don't have any recs but congrats!!!
And no it's definitely not too early to start thinking about where you want to deliver. You want to make sure you develop a good relationship with the doctor who will be with you when you have your baby!
... every single day of forever.
Me too. I really like all 3 of the doctor's in the practice. Dr. Singh delivered DS in April. Plus they have late hours Monday and Wednesday which for me meant no missed work for my appointments!
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Congrats and welcome!
I'm delivering at St. Agnes - at first I was little iffy on it, because in my mind it's this hospital from the 1970s that's hopelessly out of date, but I love my OB practice so didn't want to switch and then after seeing some of the new wings etc at the hospital I felt much better about it, and apparently the NICU is excellent there if it that becomes necessary.
But that said - I did consider switching doctors to switch hospitals and had I done so, I would have done it in 1st trimester but some women switch later than that with little issue.
Welcome & congrats!!
If you're definitely not comfortable with St. Agnes, you'll want to switch docs early. It'll give you time to get to know them & vice versa.
I go to OB/GYN Specialist of MD & my doc is Dr. Akman (he rocks) but I've seen most of the other docs there too. They have 2 offices, 1 in Lutherville just off the beltway at York Rd & 1 in Owings Mills (never been to that one). Here's their website:
https://www.obgynspecialists.net/ <--Opens in new window
Everyone is SUPER nice there.