There are two midwives in the practice that I go to. With my first pregnancy my sister recommended going to that midwife because she had been hers as well. She was great! We clicked, no problems etc. The only thing was that she was slowly starting to cut back her days that she worked. Towards the end of my pregnancy I was having tons of contractions starting around 35 weeks that they were trying to stop and keep a close eye on. I had to have several appts those last few weeks.
Because she wasn't there but 2 days a week at the point I had to see the other midwife quite a bit at the end. Actually more than my own midwife. My midwife actually told me not to go into labor on this particular weekend (half kidding/ half would have been completely serious if going into labor was a choice) because her brother who she hadn't seen in several years was here for the weekend to visit and the whole family was together. She ended up having to leave the family gathering and come into the hospital to deliver my baby. This was her choice as she didn't technically have to come in, but I wouldn't have been able to do my waterbirth without her there.
Anyway...this time I decided to go with the other midwife that I saw a lot at the end of my other pregnancy just because this is our last baby and I thought I'd try something different. No bad feelings towards my first midwife, I just wanted to try out the other midwife. Now I feel horrible. I see her in her office when I go to my appts and she even congratulated me with a disappointed look on her face...like why didn't you come back to me?! NOW...my midwife is going to be gone the day of my ultrasound and they want me to see my first midwife to go over the results. I'm totally okay with that other than feeling like a complete jerk! I'm kind of feeling like if everything goes well maybe I should just switch back to seeing her.
Any advice? Did I do a horrible thing?
Re: Switching Midwives within the same practice *LONG*
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