What did you love or hate about your OB?

smurf605 · July 2012

I'm interviewing new OBs in the upcoming weeks for the new pregnancy. What things did you love or hate about your OB? Thanks!

stephdruskinis · July 2012

My wishes against having a balloon foley/catheter were not followed...I had that sucker for 8 hours, and she had been told multiple times I didn't want it AT ALL. She convinced me I needed it since I was 12 days overdue, and I hated it. Even when I flat out told her to take it out of me, I was told I had to keep it in. Worst ever - after my yearly physical in a few weeks, I'm switching practices. I don't want to be there when we have our next LO. So...my advice would be, I guess, ask about how they follow the patient's wishes!

smurf605 · July 2012

Wow! I'm sorry you had such a bad experience. Until your post I didn't know that was an induction method. Good luck on your search for a new dr!

waterfall11 · July 2012

My practice has doctors and midwives. You can't choose specifically who delivers but you can choose doctor or midwife or either. I chose doctor only (and he visited at 6pm and said he expected to be back around 10pm to deliver the baby) and a midwife showed up. It ended up being good in my case, a doctor would have just performed a csection long before I finally got DD out after 5 hrs of pushing, but I was upset they didn't listen to what I wanted.

mrsmullins0500 · July 2012

I has a bad experience with my OB. There were 3 in the practice. The one that delivered was an arrogant a.ss. He came in broke my water DIDN'T TELL ME( or the nurse)when the nurse told him that she hadn't even started my IV yet he said "so what". That's just the tip of the iceberg on what all went wrong.

So, I guess my advice is to make sure you like every doctor in the practice ( if there is more than one).

pray4amiracle · July 2012

i really liked his laid back personality. also, he did not do any checks until thirty nine weeks and i delivered @ thirty eight haha sorry for format psoting from my phone. good luck

LauraOTR · July 2012

I loved my OB during all my prenatal visits...he was very laid back and said thta I can have as much control over the delivery (within medical reason) and can have as much or as little info as I want. I loved him pretty much up until delivery day, when he was on vacation and this awful woman filled in for him. She barely spoke to me, didn't tell me when she broke my water, barely acknowledged me as she came in/out of the room, didn't tell me when I had a significant internal tear that she was fixing...when I asked, her response "oh, just a tear that I'm having trouble closing" and I had to push for any details at all. She argued with the nurses during the process also. She ended up closing my tear about 1cm "off." So...I am switching OBs for the next kid b/c I'm not risking getting this lady again.

mom6311 · July 2012

I LOVED mine! He was always willing to answer any and all questions I had no matter how long it took. With that being said, he was also always on time!! He knows how to make appointments fit into the time alloted and still make your time feel valuable. He was so sensitive to all my needs and I feel truly cared about me, my husband, and our DD. Good luck!

RingOfFire11 · July 2012

I love that he's loud, sillly and sings a lot. I'm a worrier and he will not let me. I HATED the fact that he stripped my membrane without telling/asking me! He hit a large blood vessel and I bled really bad. Scared the shiit out of me but all ended well. He's still my doctor.

Shine2015 · July 2012

I liked that there were 4 different doctors in the practice and you HAD to have at least one visit with each of them before you delivered. This made me more comfortable knowing that one of my doctors was going to deliver me, not just some random doctor. I think the only thing I didn't like was that I didn't like one of the doctors. I only saw him once but he said something to me that I had a real problem with. I never scheduled another appointment with him. When I was admitted into the hospital, his name was on the oncall board for that entire weekend. Just my luck. God was watching out for me though because one of the other doctors ended up being there!

MommaA117 · July 2012

Hated her wait times and that her appointment times were fairly sparse, however they always got me in on the days I needed. I have to wait 5 month for a pap but that is because they make pregnant women a priority.

Loved that she was accessible. She would call right away if I left a page and in the end when my complications got crazy, she opened a spot JUST for me on a closed office day. She was at jury duty but wanted my blood pressure checked because it was getting crazy. The desk people were only supposed to be in that day but she had her nurse see me and call her (while at jury duty) with an update on me. She decided to induce right then. I consider her as someone I can really express my concerns to and love that they would call in scripts for me if needed.

Her, her nurse and the medical assistants were all like friends to me. Even the financial lady knows me by name. I love that. Now the receptionist, shes a b*cth. I let that pass though because of all the other pros.

So to me #1 would be someone who is cautious and down to earth.

Now my Peri/MFM/High Risk Docs. The first was rude, abrupt and un personable BUT she was cautious as hell and she flat out saved my daughters life. So again, cautious being number one. Same with Peri 2, he was thorough but funny. He did calm me and I liked that.

For me and being complicated in my pregnancies I do NOT want anyone who is really laid back..

JuneBugsMommy · July 2012

I didn't like that I didn't know which doctor would be on call when I went into labor. I also didn't like the fact that I had to "get to know" 5 different doctors. It would have been nice to have the same doctor throughout my pregnancy. I mean I practically did except for the 4 weeks when I saw someone new. That being said I loved everything else and will go back for my next pregnancy.

jcsumm0 · July 2012

I see a family dr. She was my dr during my pregnancy, delivered DD, and is DD's dr now. So I love the continuity of care and that she knows our history. She is a strong supporter of natural birth (had natural births herselves) and helped me have a natural birth even with an induction. She is also very caring. She called me on her day off when I was in her office sobbing when my pregnancy was getting complicated and I had had a very confusing visit with an MFM. She gave me her cell phone number so I could call her with other questions.

Then after my daughter was born she and her nurse basically saved her life. That is a long story but she is amazing. DD needed platelets and there were none in the hospital blood bank and she got a state trooper to bring them from Indy.

She is also an IBCLC (and still breastfeeding her toddler) and supported me through my struggles with breastfeeding.

I also really like the way she answers my questions--she always lets me know if what is saying is backed up by research or just her opinion as a parent. She has 3 young kids so I trust her as a parent too.

I have never waited more than 15 min to see her.

Yeah, can you tell I have a total girl crush on her?

mrsmullins0500 · July 2012

jcsumm0:
I see a family dr. She was my dr during my pregnancy, delivered DD, and is DD's dr now. So I love the continuity of care and that she knows our history. She is a strong supporter of natural birth (had natural births herselves) and helped me have a natural birth even with an induction. She is also very caring. She called me on her day off when I was in her office sobbing when my pregnancy was getting complicated and I had had a very confusing visit with an MFM. She gave me her cell phone number so I could call her with other questions.

Then after my daughter was born she and her nurse basically saved her life. That is a long story but she is amazing. DD needed platelets and there were none in the hospital blood bank and she got a state trooper to bring them from Indy.

She is also an IBCLC (and still breastfeeding her toddler) and supported me through my struggles with breastfeeding.

I also really like the way she answers my questions--she always lets me know if what is saying is backed up by research or just her opinion as a parent. She has 3 young kids so I trust her as a parent too.

I have never waited more than 15 min to see her.

Yeah, can you tell I have a total girl crush on her?

I want your doctor!

wendy46001 · July 2012

I loved mine (well everything except he looked like Alan from the Hangover so it was sort of hard to take him seriously some days) He is very straight forward which I loved and it was his practice so he always seemed to make time for me.

amberpro · July 2012

I love my OB. Other than his personality and beliefs click with me, I love the fact that he is in a singular practice and not a group practice. No waits, spent ample time talking, not over booked, always knew who I was talking to when I called.

kimbo1216 · July 2012

Mine was far too intervention happy and I am convinced I would have ended in c-section if she had actually delivered A. She would have happily induced me at 39 weeks if I had wanted simply because my baby looked like she was going to be big. She was only 8 pounds and I went into natural labor at 40 4 days.

I also felt like she didn't really listen to me or my concerns. She made me feel like I was a terrible mother for even considering delayed cord clamping. Overall, I was just not happy with her and have since switched to the doctors that she shared call with. They were wonderful!

cyclek8bride · July 2012

He took his time with me. He's in a solo practice, so he was going to deliver me. He knows I have a mind and am pretty informed on things so we can talk about treatments and diagnosis. I've had some traumatic experiences with OB's before due to lack of communication so he is great with that.

My doula, watching him deliver my son, said he used midwifery techniques to get DS out safely. DS has broad shoulders and they were going to get stuck if the doc did nothing about it.

DreamChaser246 · July 2012

I hated how "jumpy" mine was. Normal and healthy pregnancy, and at 37 weeks she was talking about ways to get the baby out, when he was perfectly happy cooking (and I was still not overdue). So someone not in a rush to get a the baby out, unless there is an actual emergency.

chuicafina · July 2012

janbc06:
jcsumm0:
I see a family dr. She was my dr during my pregnancy, delivered DD, and is DD's dr now. So I love the continuity of care and that she knows our history. She is a strong supporter of natural birth (had natural births herselves) and helped me have a natural birth even with an induction. She is also very caring. She called me on her day off when I was in her office sobbing when my pregnancy was getting complicated and I had had a very confusing visit with an MFM. She gave me her cell phone number so I could call her with other questions.

Then after my daughter was born she and her nurse basically saved her life. That is a long story but she is amazing. DD needed platelets and there were none in the hospital blood bank and she got a state trooper to bring them from Indy.

She is also an IBCLC (and still breastfeeding her toddler) and supported me through my struggles with breastfeeding.

I also really like the way she answers my questions--she always lets me know if what is saying is backed up by research or just her opinion as a parent. She has 3 young kids so I trust her as a parent too.

I have never waited more than 15 min to see her.

Yeah, can you tell I have a total girl crush on her?
I want your doctor!

Seriously!! How does she manage to keep up with all the current research, be amazingly available to her patients, still be breastfeeding her toddler and raising 3 young children all at the same time?! Your OB is super woman!

I really liked my OB, for the most part. She was supportive of me wanting a natural birth and of me having a doula. Throughout my care, she was friendly and clearly competent. She did kind of give me the side eye for requesting delayed cord clamping. Overall, though, I really liked her. We have Kaiser, so there was a very slim chance of her actually delivering DS. He ended up being born an hour after shift change, and it was the beginning of her shift! She wasn't supposed to be delivering babies that day, because she was supposed to be taking more of a teaching role with newer doctors. When she heard I was in, though, she asked the nurse to make sure she was the one to deliver DS.

I'm sad that I wont be able to have her for my next pregnancy. Kaiser is moving to a different model where they'll have a team of OBs who always work at the hospital delivering babies, and she is part of that team. So she wont have any clinic patients anymore. I like the concept of this new model, but I'm bummed it means I can't keep my doc.

Sunidaze · July 2012

I'm in the process of switching to a different ob/gyn right now (of course, not planning on having more kids, however, I do believe DH brought the V-word up at his doc appointment yesterday like he originally planned to). The primary reason I am switching is because of their billing practices, the fact that they are on the other side of town, several times throughout my pregnancy, I had an hour wait or more, and things of that nature. However, none of those issues directly affected how I felt about my OB. As a whole, I really did like her. But then again, that could be because I really didn't expect much out of her (or knew what to expect from an OB when pregnant). In hindsight, I wish I had more of an interactive relationship with her. My appointments, once I finally saw her, were always very brief, I was never sure what questions to ask, and never really questioned anything I was told, told to do, etc. That, though, is as much my fault as it is hers.

amypogg6 · July 2012

I love everything about my OB. He is so easy going, listens to everything, explains everything and remembers what we want and things about our lives. He genuinely cares. He made sure my delivery went how I wanted it, and came in the next day to chat and meet Em for real once things calmed. He also fed her at one of my PP appts because I EPed. I think he is so wonderful and my husband loves him too... My one negative is that you wait a long time in the waiting room because he does this for every patient, but he's worth it.... Good luck. I hope you find a great one!

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