I am planning a VBAC and have been looking around for an OB. I met one yesterday and I really liked her. She is very supportive of VBAC and has delivered lots of VBAC moms (including one she mentioned that has had 3VBACs and she has delievered every one of them). She is supportive of natural birth as well. She is fine with going past due dates, up to 43 weeks. She will allow a heplock instead of a full-blown IV. She said most of the nurses love assisting at natural births and argue over who gets to take the natural moms (and I know at least one nurse there who had her baby natually, delivered by this OB). She wants VBAC moms on continuos fetal monitoring, but she did say that she has allowed a few moms come off it after a while if everything was going well. She is okay with birthing in a squat and whatnot. The only thing she said an absolute no to was a water birth (they actually do water births at this hospital).
She was very honest and didn't treat me like I was a nut.
The things I didn't like are that it's a OB group, so there are other OB's. She told me that she delivers about 80% of her moms. She said the other OB's that are on call during the week are very good and VBAC supportive. BUT on the weekend she said there are a few that don't like VBAC and will do everything they can to scare a mom into a repeat c/s. She said that as along as I know my "stuff" I should be okay with warding them off.
She did mention the big baby thing (my last was very big) but didn't say she wouldn't allow a VBAC for a big baby. She just said that my son might not have come out anyway.... She also suggested that I had GD and it went unnoticed, and that was why he was so much bigger than my other baby.
One other thing that made me nervous is that she told me she wanted a VBAC with her last child, but chose to have a c/s at 39 wks so that she would have the full amount of maternity leave. That doesn't seem in line with everything else. However, I am kind of able to overlook this because she was certain it was her last baby and honestly, if this was my last baby, a c/s wouldn't be as big a deal to me (I would try for a VBAC but I wouldn't put nearly the effort into this as I am now).
She has been the best by far at this point. The 20% chance that I could end up with someone else makes me nervous, but I have a feeling a that is just normal. What do you think?
She was very honest and didn't treat me like I was a nut.
The things I didn't like are that it's a OB group, so there are other OB's. She told me that she delivers about 80% of her moms. She said the other OB's that are on call during the week are very good and VBAC supportive. BUT on the weekend she said there are a few that don't like VBAC and will do everything they can to scare a mom into a repeat c/s. She said that as along as I know my "stuff" I should be okay with warding them off.
She did mention the big baby thing (my last was very big) but didn't say she wouldn't allow a VBAC for a big baby. She just said that my son might not have come out anyway.... She also suggested that I had GD and it went unnoticed, and that was why he was so much bigger than my other baby.
One other thing that made me nervous is that she told me she wanted a VBAC with her last child, but chose to have a c/s at 39 wks so that she would have the full amount of maternity leave. That doesn't seem in line with everything else. However, I am kind of able to overlook this because she was certain it was her last baby and honestly, if this was my last baby, a c/s wouldn't be as big a deal to me (I would try for a VBAC but I wouldn't put nearly the effort into this as I am now).
She has been the best by far at this point. The 20% chance that I could end up with someone else makes me nervous, but I have a feeling a that is just normal. What do you think?
