I live in toronto, ontario and midwives
are covered under our provincial
healthcare so i've got a choice between
midwife or ob/gyn for my prenatal care.
I've talked it over with some friends
who've had kids in the past few years and
i'm planning on going with the care of a
midwife.
Just wondering what other people's
experiences have been with either ob/gyn
or midwife.
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linuxChique
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 May 2004 Posts: 4535
Posted: 08-30-04 12:33pm
I'm on my first pregnancy and using an ob
in the .U.S. I don't have any experience
with midwives, but not knowing anything
about them, I feel more comfortable with
an ob.
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tweety12986
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jun 2004 Posts: 772 Location: houston
Posted: 08-30-04 13:01pm
I have an ob/gyn... I've heard midwives
are a nice source of support but if
something goes wrong they cant help and
you have to go to an obgyn anyway. It
just seems safer with an obgyn to me.
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KissyBai912
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Aug 2003 Posts: 1762 Location: Venice, Florida
Posted: 08-30-04 13:30pm
With the practice I went to, they had 4
ob/gyn's, 2 midwives, and a nurse
practitioner. You saw everyone while u
were pregnant so no surprises no matter
who was on call. There is always 1 doctor
on call and sometimes a midwife. When I
had my son, my ob was on call but also a
midwife I liked. The midwife came in and
asked if I was ok with her delivering the
baby and I said yes. Everything went just
fine, but had something gone wrong then I
had a dr there in the labor and delivery
ward capable of performing a c-section. I
really like midwives but I would go ahead
with an ob/gyn just to be safe. Or maybe
look for a practice that has both like
mine did.
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