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Anyone in or near Shreveport, LA?

principessa81principessa81
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Hey ladies. Smile We moved from the Boston area to Shreveport about 5 months ago, and since DH and I are planning on TTC in a few months, I've been speaking to other moms in the area about their providers/birth experience. The results have been...interesting, to say the least. Here's what I've discovered so far:

1. There are no midwives in northern Louisiana. This is a concern for me, as I would love to see a midwife.

2. Every. single. mother. I have spoken to (and I've spoken to many) has had a c-section. Their reasons ranged from breech babies to "my baby was posterior, so the doctor said I had to have  a c-section" to "the ultrasound showed that my baby was on the larger side, so I had to have a c-section" to "my doctor told me I'm too short to deliver naturally." Indifferent That last one really threw me for a loop.

I'm certainly not saying every single OBGYN in this area is ready to schedule my baby's birthday via c-section the second I get pregnant, but I'll be honest-this isn't looking good. Even though I didn't have the med-free birth I was hoping for with DS (you can read my previous post on this here ) but I'm not sure if the providers in this area are going to be on board with my desire to have a med-free birth. If there are other ladies in or near Shreveport who can offer suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it! TIA.

*Normally I would post something like this on my local board; unfortunately there is no local board for Shreveport.

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Re: Anyone in or near Shreveport, LA?

  • flyer23flyer23 member

    I'm in the Dallas area, which is about 3 hours away. We have plenty of C-section friendly hospitals here, but also some great midwives (both homebirth and hospital-based).

    I've talked to this lady before (not about birth stuff, though) -- she's a doula in Tyler, which is still about 1.5 hours from you, but I bet she'd have some clue about the lay of the land in Shreveport, or know who would: https://www.mamamatters.com/

    Good luck!

    Mommy to DD1 (June 2007), DS (January 2010), DD2 (July 2012), and The Next One (EDD 3/31/2015)

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  • pinksweetpea2pinksweetpea2 member

    Try the Finding Your Tribe section of the mothering.com discussion boards.  

    https://www.mothering.com/community/f/85/mississippi-louisiana-arkansas 


    Lilypie - (ZESJ)Lilypie - (QAi1)

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  • principessa81principessa81
    Thank you ladies!
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  • principessa81principessa81

    imagehibiscus29:
    I'm in Dallas but from the Monroe area...my brother is a chiropractor there...i know they traveled to the shreveport area to have their last baby.  A midwife has a sort of birthing center in her home.  I think they were pleased with the experience but i will talk to them about it if you are interested and get details about who she was and where exactly she located.

    That would be great, thank you!

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