Which one?

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OB/GYN-hospital or Midwife-birthing centers?

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I’d vote for delivering at a hospital and pick a practice that has obs and midwives that delivers at that hospital.  Gives a more holistic approach but in an emergency the doctors are right there.   I go to a practice that has 12 docs and 5-6 midwives?  They deliver at two of the local hospitals.  I see both through out the pregnancy but deliver with a doctor.   I have low risk routine pregnancies but things can happen at the drop of a hat and I want to know for my sake and my baby’s sake I couldn’t have made a different decision that would have gotten me a higher level of medical care. (Not that midwives aren’t qualified but in my state there’s a lot they can’t legally do particularly should an emergency arise).  Ive gone this route twice and have no regrets.  The nurses you labor with are probably more important than who you deliver with or where you deliver. I have long labors (40 and 36 hours) and you don’t see the person you deliver with much.  They pop in every few hours to check status and progress and then show up in about enough time to catch the baby.  Both times I’ve been pushing for a while before they call the doc in.  The nurses are the ones that help you with pain management and are checking in on you all the time to keep the doc updated. I’ve had fantastic nurses both times but I’ll be honest I have no idea how you can find that out before hand since they work for the hospital not the ob practice!

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I prefer midwives and birth centers but we have military insurance and have to use a hospital. Thankfully for low risk pregnancies were still able to use a midwife and have a natural birth! I would watch The Business of Being Born. It’s like $3 to rent on amazon I think but it’s a documentary on midwives and homebirths. Definitely helped me decide to use a midwife with our first.

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I would loveee to do a birth center or even a home birth. Unfortunately I have preterm labor issues and am high risk so i have to be at a hospital.

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I wish we had birthing centers near where I live. Apparently, they are cheaper, you get the same quality of care, but, (and I’m not 100% certain about this) if something goes completely wrong, you will have to be transferred to a hospital for treatment. Maybe if you’re high risk, I’d go for hospital/OB...

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