DH and I are planning a home birth and so are also seeing a midwife. We are also doing shadow care with an OB. The OB does not know we are planning a home birth, because our state is not home birth friendly.
My GBS culture came back positive. This does not risk me out of doing the home birth because my midwife is able to provide me antibiotics, and can also provide me with two other holistic alternatives if I choose them. We are going with the antibiotics.
Here is what is getting to me. Up until now I have been ok with my OB. I moved about 200 miles at 28 weeks so I did not have much choice in doctors anyway. Up until now, he has not given me any reason to distrust him. When discussing the GBS positive result, my OB stated that the standard of care in the US is to give antibiotics starting as soon as labor begins. He did state we could decline the treatment, and there would be some paperwork involved if we did that. He then made a comment to the effect that if we declined the treatment, there was a chance that the doctor on call (if he wasn't there) or the hospital staff may report us to CPS if the baby becomes ill as a result of our decision to decline the antibiotics. DH was not at this appointment because he had to work. I told the OB that I would get back to him on whether we would do the treatment next week.
Now, as I said, we are still planning to birth at home, and we will be getting antibiotics through our midwife. The treatment isn't the issue here. I feel like my OB may have been trying to threaten me into consenting to the antibiotic treatment. I haven't turned down anything so far, although in fairness there has been nothing to turn down because I've been fortunate enough to have a textbook pregnancy up to this point. I don't know why he would feel the need to use a scare tactic like that. It makes me concerned about the possibility of a transfer to the hospital if we do need one during our home birth.
Am I over-reacting? I know in all likelihood we will not need to transfer to the hospital and everything will be fine. I'm just a lot more concerned about the possibility now. I don't think I will be going back to this OB after having the baby. I feel pretty uncomfortable about him now. I'm not sure if I should make a complaint about him either, but I'm debating it. Should I say something to him about how his comments affected me at next week's appointment?
My GBS culture came back positive. This does not risk me out of doing the home birth because my midwife is able to provide me antibiotics, and can also provide me with two other holistic alternatives if I choose them. We are going with the antibiotics.
Here is what is getting to me. Up until now I have been ok with my OB. I moved about 200 miles at 28 weeks so I did not have much choice in doctors anyway. Up until now, he has not given me any reason to distrust him. When discussing the GBS positive result, my OB stated that the standard of care in the US is to give antibiotics starting as soon as labor begins. He did state we could decline the treatment, and there would be some paperwork involved if we did that. He then made a comment to the effect that if we declined the treatment, there was a chance that the doctor on call (if he wasn't there) or the hospital staff may report us to CPS if the baby becomes ill as a result of our decision to decline the antibiotics. DH was not at this appointment because he had to work. I told the OB that I would get back to him on whether we would do the treatment next week.
Now, as I said, we are still planning to birth at home, and we will be getting antibiotics through our midwife. The treatment isn't the issue here. I feel like my OB may have been trying to threaten me into consenting to the antibiotic treatment. I haven't turned down anything so far, although in fairness there has been nothing to turn down because I've been fortunate enough to have a textbook pregnancy up to this point. I don't know why he would feel the need to use a scare tactic like that. It makes me concerned about the possibility of a transfer to the hospital if we do need one during our home birth.
Am I over-reacting? I know in all likelihood we will not need to transfer to the hospital and everything will be fine. I'm just a lot more concerned about the possibility now. I don't think I will be going back to this OB after having the baby. I feel pretty uncomfortable about him now. I'm not sure if I should make a complaint about him either, but I'm debating it. Should I say something to him about how his comments affected me at next week's appointment?
