Ok, good to know. I hope all your appts go well!
I should clarify that my appt is with a MW at the OB's office. I think I'd like to stay with her the whole time. I work L&D and of all the OBs I work with, this group seems to be the best. And I've always been a MW fan (being a nurse makes me a bit biased!). But these MWs are more like the Med Wives you guys talk about. Not as extreme as the OBs can be, but you know. And they all seem less extreme than the ones I worked with previously at a large teaching hospital. I always told myself if I got pregnant while working there I'd go to the nearby birthing center.
I'm definitely going the hospital route for delivery though, at least for the first one. I have never been through labor and although I've seen it many times, I still can't know how it will feel exactly or how I will handle it. I'd like to have the option of medication, you know? My plan is to labor as long as I can at home, check my cervix and when I'm at least 5-6 head that way. Maybe longer if I'm not progressing quickly. That way I won't have to be strapped to a bed for 2 days. Hopefully anyway.
I should clarify that my appt is with a MW at the OB's office. I think I'd like to stay with her the whole time. I work L&D and of all the OBs I work with, this group seems to be the best. And I've always been a MW fan (being a nurse makes me a bit biased!). But these MWs are more like the Med Wives you guys talk about. Not as extreme as the OBs can be, but you know. And they all seem less extreme than the ones I worked with previously at a large teaching hospital. I always told myself if I got pregnant while working there I'd go to the nearby birthing center.
I'm definitely going the hospital route for delivery though, at least for the first one. I have never been through labor and although I've seen it many times, I still can't know how it will feel exactly or how I will handle it. I'd like to have the option of medication, you know? My plan is to labor as long as I can at home, check my cervix and when I'm at least 5-6 head that way. Maybe longer if I'm not progressing quickly. That way I won't have to be strapped to a bed for 2 days. Hopefully anyway.
