I'm 39 weeks tomorrow and had a prenatal today with my midwife. Everything went fine for the most part (except that squirmy baby has decided she or he wants to be sunny side up at the moment so I'll have to be on all fours as much as possible for a while) until the end.
After she was done with the whole appointment and I was about to start asking her some last minute questions, she told me that she had some bad news - I wasn't going to be able to delver at the birth center because today was her last day and they haven't found anyone to replace her. Um... what?
No details or explanations, just gave me the names of some homebirth midwives (that I can't use since I live on the MO side of Kansas City where it's illegal) and said that if I'd like I could make an appointment with the OB that is in charge of her and deliver at Providence (a hospital - and not one that I would consider given a choice). Oh, and not to worry b/c news like this will probably scare my body into holding onto the baby a little longer. ha ha ha.
Yep, so with a week until my due date I have to start over from square one. In a stupid state with stupid laws. There are a lot of options available and I don't like any of them. I did all the research at the beginning of the pregnancy and went with this birth center. Then around 12 weeks I started to feel uncomfortable with this midwife and decided to take some time off and look at other options (she mistakenly told me I was going to miscarry and we went through 2 really tough weeks without any help from her for no reason). Unfortunately, I didn't find an alternative that I liked and could afford so we ended up deciding to go back to her - at least there would be less chance of unwanted intervention if we delivered someplace that's not a hospital. So now I get to spend my afternoon calling all of these midwives that I can't use to see if they have any suggestions that I somehow overlooked. fun fun.
Thanks for the freedom to rant.
After she was done with the whole appointment and I was about to start asking her some last minute questions, she told me that she had some bad news - I wasn't going to be able to delver at the birth center because today was her last day and they haven't found anyone to replace her. Um... what?
No details or explanations, just gave me the names of some homebirth midwives (that I can't use since I live on the MO side of Kansas City where it's illegal) and said that if I'd like I could make an appointment with the OB that is in charge of her and deliver at Providence (a hospital - and not one that I would consider given a choice). Oh, and not to worry b/c news like this will probably scare my body into holding onto the baby a little longer. ha ha ha.
Yep, so with a week until my due date I have to start over from square one. In a stupid state with stupid laws. There are a lot of options available and I don't like any of them. I did all the research at the beginning of the pregnancy and went with this birth center. Then around 12 weeks I started to feel uncomfortable with this midwife and decided to take some time off and look at other options (she mistakenly told me I was going to miscarry and we went through 2 really tough weeks without any help from her for no reason). Unfortunately, I didn't find an alternative that I liked and could afford so we ended up deciding to go back to her - at least there would be less chance of unwanted intervention if we delivered someplace that's not a hospital. So now I get to spend my afternoon calling all of these midwives that I can't use to see if they have any suggestions that I somehow overlooked. fun fun.
Thanks for the freedom to rant.
I might have to consider Topeka, or maybe Columbia.
