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21stCenturyJanes t1_jaazfrm wrote

Reply to comment by Various-Chipmunk-165 in How's everyone getting by with our understaffed medical community? by funcktarts

Isn't that standard practice for OB's though? Since you don't know who will be on call when you deliver, you'll have had a chance to meet all the doctors.

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_hrodney t1_jabqiz5 wrote

At least a few years ago, DHMC has different OB teams (pods?) named after colors, and every pregnant person was assigned to one. And each team would have four (?) OBs, and you could request to meet each one if you wanted but at least I had most of my prenatal appointments with the same person and only met the others once.

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internetmeme t1_jac8ddo wrote

I’m in TX but no you typically see the same doctor at all of your appointments throughout the entire pregnancy and then hopefully they can be on call or working when it is delivered, but in our case for our 2 kids it was someone else that delivered it. It’s all a package deal. Maybe this place you are referencing has an atypical arrangement?

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21stCenturyJanes t1_jachjiu wrote

No, seeing all the providers to ensure you've met the one who ultimately delivers is pretty typical in my experience but obviously it's not universal. It makes sense though, you don't want someone you've never seen before to be delivering your baby, right?

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internetmeme t1_jachuff wrote

I don’t know what your experience is in the labor room but the important relationship is the nurse that will be with you for the 2-12 hours before the delivery. The doctor comes in for 5 minutes, delivers the baby, and is gone. We had a great nurse for one child and an okay nurse for another. So I didn’t see the relationship with the doctor as that important in the delivery.

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tunanoodle14 t1_jaclx5m wrote

I just had a baby at UVMMC and my midwife was with me for my entire labor

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