Everyone has thoughts about their doctor/midwife and how happy they are with them.
And sometimes during a pregnancy you realize that you and your care provider do not agree. I'm not talking about on whether they think taking castor oil to induce labor is a good idea or not, I'm talking about big things like: whether they approve and support VBAC or not. Will they "let" you have your breech baby vaginally? What about pre-eclampsia, will they let you try to induce naturally or not? Or what about doctors that are TOO naturally minded for your taste. Won't do an extra ultrasound to calm your fears about the baby being breech. Won't take your blood pressure or listen to your complaints about headaches. Wants you to only induce naturally and will not give you the meds to induce. What do you do when these things come up?
Hopefully at your first consultation you got a lot of these things cleared up, but what happens when you are at 25 weeks? 30 weeks? or worse 36+ weeks? and something like this comes up?
Well, there really is only one thing to do: fire your care provider and go find someone else. If you are 36+ weeks this can be a scary proposition but it is the only thing to do. You DO NOT want to have to fight with your care provider during labor. It is better to just switch before it actually becomes a problem. As long as you have had prenatal care most doctors/midwives will take you, especially if they are pro what you are pro.
If you are needing to switch care providers ask like minded friends and organizations. Also ask your doula for their thoughts.
This blog post also gives some other thoughts and ideas and was my inspiration for this post.
-The Cowgirl Doula
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