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Doctor sold his practice

AndromedaEclipseAndromedaEclipse member
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I went in for my check up yesterday.  The doctor casually mentioned that he sold his practice to the hospital and that on the weekends, he'll rotate shifts with three other doctors, Drs. A, B, and C.  My mom used to be a L&D nurse, and all three of these doctors were ones she wasn't comfortable with.  Drs. A and B she said she won't let touch me with a 10 foot pole because of practices she had personally seen.  Dr. C she never had a problem with, but other nurse friends didn't like.  What should/can I do?
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  • laurennkeithlaurennkeith

    Are you kidding me? I would be so upset, like pregnant women need another excuse/reason to stress. Your Dr. I am sure knew for quite sometime that he was selling the practive, the professional thing to do would be to stop accepting new pregnant patients and wait to sell the practice until all his current mom's delivered.

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  • thebokitheboki member
    That really sucks.  That doctor should have been up front from the beginning.  If it were me, I would spend all day today looking for a new doctor and just praying that they would take me on at this late date.
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  • AndromedaEclipseAndromedaEclipse member
    I'm not sure if I want to find another doctor right now because the chance of not having him deliver me is relatively small.  I know that he'll let me do a lot of the things I want to do in terms of natural laboring.  I just don't know what I'll do if I end up on one of his off weekends.  The other doctors are not so natural-labor friendly.
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  • MrsL1022MrsL1022 member
    That is unbelievably inconsiderate! You don't just sell a practice over night. He knew that this was happening.I agree I would be spending all my efforts today finding a new practice and jumping ship ASAP. Get a rec from your mom and request your records be transferred today. Sorry you are dealing with this. 
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    imageAndromedaEclipse:
    I'm not sure if I want to find another doctor right now because the chance of not having him deliver me is relatively small.  I know that he'll let me do a lot of the things I want to do in terms of natural laboring.  I just don't know what I'll do if I end up on one of his off weekends.  The other doctors are not so natural-labor friendly.

    Oh I see.  So he will still be around.  Have you gone over a birth plan with him?  Maybe you can get him to sign off and write orders for the specific things you want so you don't have to worry as much about the interventions the others might want to enforce.  I know I plan to labor at home for as long as possible, so the doctor part is really only a small part of things anyway.

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  • AndromedaEclipseAndromedaEclipse member
    We talked about things I wanted to do and things I didn't want to do yesterday.  I don't have a written birth plan exactly.  I just want to keep exams to a minimum, not manually break my water, and not get pitocin if possible.  We're trying to be somewhat flexible.  I definitely plan on laboring at home as long as possible too. 
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  • kdjuddkdjudd member
    I love the doctor I have, but there is a very good chance that she won't be the doctor on call when I deliver. She said if I am induced or if I get a C-section it will be her, but if I go into labor naturally then it'll just be a matter of which doctor from her practice that's on call. I'm not really comfortable with that though... I don't like the other doctors and I have heard horror stories about them. I guess the only reason I stayed with her is because I absolutely LOVE how invests in my pregnancy. I'm willing to risk getting another doctor for a few minutes while pushing if that means I can meet with her up until the birth. 
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  • Capt JenCapt Jen

    Personally, I don't see it as a big deal.  My OB is part of a hospital network, and my regular family doctor sold his practice (or incorporated it, I don't know which) with the same hospital network a few years ago.  I didn't notice a change with my regular family doctor when the change happened.  If anything, their offices got upgraded and transitions to things for extra tests and hospitals were seamless.

    I understand that you are expecting your doctor to deliver your baby, but the reality is that it might not be the case.  As long as you stick to a specific birth plan, what does it matter which doctor delivers the baby?

    And just to play devil's advocate, I know we're the patients and the ones pregnant, yada yada yada, but look at it from the doctor's perspective.  Who wants to work all week AND be on call at all hours of the weekend.  At least now, he can rotate which weekends he's on call.  At the end of the day, doctors are people too, and they just want time with their families' on the weekend just like us.

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