Hi everyone!! I am new here (both to this forum and to MD in general) and I hope this is the right place to post. I just found out the C-section rate at St. Agnes is 40%. At 32 weeks pregnant, this worries me. I am going to the Columbia Women's OBGYN group, but now I am considering switching because I don't want to be pressured into a c-section...
Has anyone delivered through Columbia Women's OBGYN at St. agnes and had a positive experience? The reviews i'm seeing on google aren't very encouraging. Any rec's on what doctor to switch to in Howard County/Anne Arundel area?
Re: St. Agnes c-section rate?
This.
FWIW, both women I know who have had babies at St. Agnes had c-sections and then repeats with babies 2 and 3.
I personally switched from Columbia Women's Group because I didn't want to deliver at St. Agnes. We live maybe 4 miles from Howard County General and 15 from St. Agnes. DH also knows a bunch of people at Howard County through his job. I moved to John's Hopkins on Steven's Forest Rd. They've been fantastic so far.
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Exactly this. it's more the practice's rate than the hospital. Hospitals in and around urban areas will almost always have higher c-section rates because of the populations they serve. Poorer women, on average, have more c-sections and riskier pre-term births which may need inductions that lead to c-sections.
I personally don't want to deliver at St. Agnes because they are a Catholic hospital and I know I want my tubes tied with the next one. I've heard nothing but good things about Howard County General for deliveries. Signature and Johns Hopkins OB/GYN practices get good reviews, too.
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I had a VBAC with my second child, and it was successful in part due to the fact that I educated myself and made my intentions very well known to my doctors. However, I was offered a c/s several times during my labor (contrax stalled, heartrate dropped).
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I know this is late, and not sure if you will see it, but I had my LO at St. Agnes. I was induced and started from O. I did have a csection, but they let me go as long as I wanted and as long as was safe for my LO. They didn't push me. However, my OB wanted to, but in the end, the docs on staff there were wonderful. I was pushed for over 3 hours and was in labor for 2 full days. Finally at almost the 3rd day, I asked for the csection.
Just food for thought.