Who's going to delivery my baby ? 🤔 ( Update )

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So Ive been going to a high risk maternal fetal medicine and I usually see a APN ( nurse practitioner ) but since I'm almost 30 weeks I'm starting to get worried bc I haven't met the real doctor yet... I had preterm labor (32 weeks) in the past and ended up delivering my baby with the dr that was on call that day since it was an emergency c-section. Im terrified of delivering my baby with a doctor I haven't met yet ! Is this normal ? When do you actually start seeing the doctor ? also my APN left for 2 weeks and I won't be able to be seen until next month when I'm already 32 weeks... the anxiety is driving me crazy
Update ; I ended up going to my ultrasound appointment yesterday and found out you get whoever is working on that day, you don't get to pick your doctor and I felt so annoyed knowing that one more time I'm gonna delivery my baby with a stranger doctor 😩 also they said I will only see APN bc if something goes wrong all I have to do is go upstairs into labor and delivery.

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A lot of the time it's no your actual doctor who delivers. At my hospital where I work it's whoever is on call. Same with the hospital I'm delivering at. I've requested my doctor be there for my delivery and he will get called in

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My OB had a team of 4 other doctors... I met my doctor for like the first 3 appts starting at 9 weeks and then his team at various appts....this was just in case I went into labor when my doctor wasn't on call so I'd be familiar and comfortable in that event....

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I see my doctor almost every appointment I would hate to have never met him ..when you set your appointment ask to see doctor at the appointment I'm sure it can be arranged.. good luck

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I'm high risk and I see my Dr at every appt

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If it is during the day my midwife will deliver.  However if it is at night I will get whoever is on call.   (More so on specific weekends as my midwife is out of town).  When my water broke with my youngest daughter I went to the hospital and my midwife didn't come in until I was 8 cm and ready to roll.   I had another midwife that night then the doc from my midwifes practice the next day and boy am I not a fan of him.   In the long run I don't care who catches baby as I have pretty uneventful births.    Being high risk I would be concerned.   Maybe call and express your concerns with the staff at the office and see if they can help you out

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At my OB's there's like 5 doctors who all work within the same office but he's the only one I see at my appointments but whoever is on call when I happen to go into labor is who will deliver my baby

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When I had my son I met the doctor the day of. 
I have a scheduled c section and my doctor is not working that day. If I go into labor before then I will have whichever doctor is on call. 
The practice I go to makes you see all of the doctors in case your doctor isn't on duty the day you deliver.

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My doctor didn't even deliver my son. I didn't know the doctor that did it, but at that point you really don't care. The nurses coached me more and was there for it all, the doctor was only around when I was pushing but she was still really good to me.

Who's going to delivery my baby ? 🤔 ( Update )

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