Question Regarding Doctors

iarhyme · January 2012

Im in a practice (all female) where I have been rotating different doctors. THere are about 7 in the practice. I always thought that your "primary" obgyn that I always went to for annual checkups would be delivering my baby. However, one of the doctors today told me that who ever is on call the day you go into labor, will be the one delivering your baby and when you go into labor you call them and the triage nurse takes over from there.
For everyone else...do you KNOW that your "primary obgyn" will be delivering your baby? or is whoever is on duty?

I just wanted to know because I am confused as to weather only my practice does this or if its how it works everywhere.

sassafras007 · January 2012

Mine is the same as yours... It is much bigger than that and I will not know the doctor I am sure.

namara5532 · January 2012

That's how the practice I go to works. Then again, it may not be the norm.

Loribelle73 · January 2012

That is pretty standard procedure for most practices. The only way to be sure your primary OB delivers your baby is to have a scheduled an induction or c-section.

mrsp+3 · January 2012

With my ob, if you deliver during "business hours" you'll get your doctor for the most part (the hospital is across the street from the office). But if you end up on the weekend or at night or on a holiday, it's whichever doctor is on call.

BetterTogether1023 · January 2012

Mine is like yours. There are many more doctors and just as many midwives. I haven't met all of them yet... Hoping I end up with someone I know and like.

speckledfrog · January 2012

My practice is also the same as yours. There are 3 OBs and I have been rotating seeing them throughout my pregnancy.

DBride2006 · January 2012

Mine is the same, except there is only one OB in my practice, so I see him for all appointments. If I were to deliver during "business hours" he would be there, I think. Otherwise, all of the OBs that work in our area (I think there are 4-5) take on-call shifts, and I could get any of them. One of them delivered DS, so I know two of them for sure!

SheenaNash1 · January 2012

I think that's pretty common.

At the practice I go to there is only one OB, so she will definitely be the one delivering my LO, but I dont think thats the norm.

hilwithonelary · January 2012

Currently, I'm seeing a midwife. She will attend my delivery unless something major comes up.

With DS, I went to a practice of 4 OBs. I saw the same OB for all my appointments. If I had delivered Monday-Friday during office hours, she would have been there. Evenings and weekends, it was whoever was on call. I ended up delivering on a Sunday, and my OB was not on call. It honestly didn't matter at all. The OB was only there while I was pushing. I don't even remember her name.

LadyQad27 · January 2012

Mines is also the same, we have 9 OBs an I like them all but one. I am just hoping the day I go in labor she is not there. She just made me feel so uncomfortable an wasn't really answering my questions when I went to the visit. I felt rushed an over looked so I chose not to see her anymore. But for the most part I think that is how it goes. I thought I was the only woman thinking about that. But I hope you get someone your comfortable with.

EllasMommy2010 · January 2012

With the practice I go to, it is who ever is on duty. I had my OB last time because I was induced and will have her again if I make it to this induction date.

erbear · January 2012

Normal in a big practice. I thought it was a big deal with my first.

I promise you this. In hour 30 of labor, you won't give a shiit who is between your legs catching the baby . You won't see a lot of the doctor during L&D anyway.

goldenleaves · January 2012

I only see one OB (well, I saw another one once because my doctor was out of town) and my c/s will be planned with him. But if I go into labor before then whoever is on call will be delivering my baby.

roxane · January 2012

We'll have whoever is on duty at our hospital of the 20-something CNMs that work in our clinic system (all over the metro area). I'll second that, honestly, you won't care who catches your baby. The nurses spend way more time with you than the OB does.

tartaruga · January 2012

I've actually never heard of a practice with multiple OBs that *wasn't* like this. Agree with pps that it's really not a big deal at all. You likely won't care when the time comes. My old practice had me have an appt with every doc at some point so I could meet them all at least once, which was nice, but my current one doesn't do that because there are so many docs.

jgal84 · January 2012

mrsp+3:
With my ob, if you deliver during "business hours" you'll get your doctor for the most part (the hospital is across the street from the office). But if you end up on the weekend or at night or on a holiday, it's whichever doctor is on call.

Same here.

JG362009 · January 2012

I'm lurking, but just wanted to add that my OB makes every attempt to deliver her own patients. I absolutely did care who delivered my baby and the worst part of L and D for me was any attending that came in that wasn't my doctor. I'm weird though. The fact that she delivers her own patients is why I drive like an hour out of the way to go to appointments -- I know it's irrational but I seriously can't deal with/don't deal well with unknown doctors.

HopingForOne · January 2012

jgal84:

mrsp+3:
With my ob, if you deliver during "business hours" you'll get your doctor for the most part (the hospital is across the street from the office). But if you end up on the weekend or at night or on a holiday, it's whichever doctor is on call.

Same here.

Me too.

Either of you Canadian as well?

baloneydisc · January 2012

My OB does all of his own deliveries unless he's in surgery with another patient.

ryry1977 · January 2012

Mine is the same as yours...whoever is on call.

gisa886 · January 2012

Last time I got whoever was on call at the hospital. Luckily I knew who she was, but as said before you really don't see them much and when you are seeing them you really don't care. This time I don't know how it is.

kms34 · January 2012

Mine is opposite of yours. There are 9 doctors and I only see mine (or his PA) and he will be delivering me unless he's out of town. day, night, weekend....he'll be the one.

Unfortunately, he was out of town when I had DS so he was delivered by a man I'd never met....and have never seen again.

sweetky_06 · January 2012

mrsp+3:
With my ob, if you deliver during "business hours" you'll get your doctor for the most part (the hospital is across the street from the office). But if you end up on the weekend or at night or on a holiday, it's whichever doctor is on call.

This is how mine works.

kjg5445 · January 2012

my practice has 3 doctors and i only ever met with my primary doctor. but when the time came, the on-call doctor (a male - i was not used to a male!) delivered my son. he did a great job but i wish i had met with him previously.

med380 · January 2012

Yeah, that's pretty standard for a lot of places and is why they rotate you through all of them. My primary OB was not the one who delivered DS, because it was her day off.

eklanger · January 2012

mrsp+3:
With my ob, if you deliver during "business hours" you'll get your doctor for the most part (the hospital is across the street from the office). But if you end up on the weekend or at night or on a holiday, it's whichever doctor is on call.

This is how my OB is too.

luckylindy · January 2012

I've seen all 7 midwives in the practice, none of the doctors. I will be meeting the delivering doctor (unless a midwife does it) when I go into labor.

Mrs.Wifey318 · January 2012

mrsp+3:
With my ob, if you deliver during "business hours" you'll get your doctor for the most part (the hospital is across the street from the office). But if you end up on the weekend or at night or on a holiday, it's whichever doctor is on call.

This is how my practice works. My primary OB did come in even though she wasn't on call to deliver DD.

FormerlyKrista555 · January 2012

Whoever is on call. It was the same with my last pregnancy in a different state.

NBD to me. The nurses do most of the hard work anyway. The doctor generally comes in at the end and gets all the glory.

ghdst1 · January 2012

My practice is the same. We have 6 OBs and I won't know who will be on call when I go into labor. they do 24hr shifts (or something ridiculous) from 5pm-5pm in the hospital. Last time with DS I came in at 8pm on a monday and had him by c/s at 4pm on Tuesday. I have the same Dr the whole time and the next Dr came in at 5pm who did DS's circ.

MotherMonster · January 2012

My doctor is part of a huge practice (I think it's like 10 or more doctors?). However, she will be delivering my baby unless she's out of town or something. I am a PITA and picky picky picky and I have no problem refusing anything! My doctor knows what I want up holds that. She does know I will have it out with another doctor. I just know what I want though...

LillyGrrl · January 2012

iarhyme:

Im in a practice (all female) where I have been rotating different doctors. THere are about 7 in the practice. I always thought that your "primary" obgyn that I always went to for annual checkups would be delivering my baby. However, one of the doctors today told me that who ever is on call the day you go into labor, will be the one delivering your baby and when you go into labor you call them and the triage nurse takes over from there.
For everyone else...do you KNOW that your "primary obgyn" will be delivering your baby? or is whoever is on duty?

I just wanted to know because I am confused as to weather only my practice does this or if its how it works everywhere.

I'd say that's pretty typical- large practice usually means the docs rotate the on-call so that they can have a life. I think if you wanted only one person to be available to you, you probably needed to pick a sole practitioner.

I have made it a point to meet all the doctors in our practice at least once since the odds of me getting my doc are 1 in 7. I see my primary Ob for big things (like GBS swab/ first internal) but the rest I just try and get a chance to see them all. Honestly, our first was delivered by another doctor in the practice and she was really only there towards the end, it was mostly the chief resident who looked in on me.

soralette · January 2012

kms34:
Mine is opposite of yours. There are 9 doctors and I only see mine (or his PA) and he will be delivering me unless he's out of town. day, night, weekend....he'll be the one.

Unfortunately, he was out of town when I had DS so he was delivered by a man I'd never met....and have never seen again.

Man, I feel really lucky now. My OB's practise works the same way yours does -- only, there're even more doctors in the on-call rotation. Something like 17?

But my OB, whom I've had all my appointments with, is the one who'll be doing my delivery, unless she's out of town, in surgery with another patient, or too sick to come in.

I thought that this was standard practise! jeeze. I feel really lucky to be with my practise now!

AZ_Erica · January 2012

I've had a different doctor for each of my pregnancies. Each time it was whom ever was on duty that day. With DD it was not even a doctor in the practice she just shared delivery services with them. With DS my doctor was there most of the time. It was early in the morning and I was progressing so fast he didn't leave the room. With DD I had to wait 15 minutes to push until the dr could get there, the nurses did everything else.

ZoeyMarie · January 2012

That's how mine works. My primary did happen to be on call when G was born, though.

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