Emotionally attached to OB?

anovelidea · September 2014

Hi all - has anyone experienced unusual feelings of attachment to their OB now that baby is here? I love my doctor so much (NOT in a romantic way), and I'm feeling really down that I don't get to see him anymore. He was such an amazing presence in my life throughout the pregnancy and is just one of the most fantastic people I've met in general. I honestly wish there was some way that we could be friends, but realistically I know that I am just one of a thousand patients he has and I likely don't hold as special of a place with him as he does with me. Perhaps I have too much time on my hands these days being stuck inside with the baby most of the time, but this is really affecting me almost like I'm going through a breakup! Has anyone else experienced similar feelings?

SuperTinkerham · September 2014

I had my post partum checkup today. I'm a little sad that I won't be seeing him or his nurse for awhile. They were awesome and very kind to me.

TexasGirl81 · September 2014

I got a new job in February, and I made sure before I committed to the job that my OB was in the network. If she wasn't then I was most definetly not going to take that job. That's how much I love that woman.

shamyfowler · September 2014

I know what you mean. I absolutely loved my OB. It had been more than three years since my first LO but she knew exactly who I was when she walked in the door for my first appointment this pregnancy. I'll never forget the big hug she gave me after my last appointment before DD1 was born. This time around she was so encouraging for me to go for a VBAC. We would always chat about our kids and share personal things. She confided in me that she will be leaving her practice to stay home with her kids, and I totally cannot blame her for that. One of the nurses said that she was actually moving out of state and for some reason that has devastated me. I know she wouldn't be my doctor anymore, but maybe I envisioned that we could have been friends and our kids would get together for playdates since they're the same age? But yeah, defintely will miss her.

hgtvmom · September 2014

I was seeing my ob weekly for so long that it was a way of life. My weeks seem off without my Friday visits.

The one that gets me is how much I miss the nurses who cared for me the 2 weeks I was hospitalized after DD arrived. They were so great. And I am thrilled that one of them is now my FB friend. She likes everything I post :-) I want to go visit the rest of the crew, but don't want to interrupt their care of someone else.

tourqeyes · September 2014

This is how I felt after DS1's birth about my OB as well as the nurses in the hospital. I didn't want to leave! Anyways, I totally get how you feel but don't worry the feeling will taper off.

ETA: And I totally get now why I felt that way looking back. You are seeing your OB more than you see some of your friends at the end of a pregnancy.

I think the reason I didn't feel that way this time was because I was at a new practice and seeing a new doctor at every appointment.

JayBzo · September 2014

I saw a new doc at every appointment and was meh about all of them until delivery. The one I hated was there when I was admitted but luckily left and a different doc came in that I had seen 1-2x before. I love her now, she was so good to me and the experience was awesome. At my follow up appt she was just as awesome and I even sent DH a text saying I loved her and felt like she was a mom to me.

I think the feelings are over exaggerated because the experience was so great. I am certain if I saw her in the grocery store she wouldn't know who I was.

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