At the top of the list of things to do once finding out we were pregnant was getting a doctor. I did the research for what my insurance would cover as far as hospitals and doctors in our area. I was pleased to find out that the new hospital in the valley, IMC, was the closest and was also covered under our plan. I also found out that many doctors had an office right in the Women and Children Center, where I would be delivering. So I called on of the offices and had them pick a doctor. (I couldn't really find any referrals or anything else to go off of.) Our appointment wasn't until 8 weeks which was February 16th. And we couldn't wait to go to make sure everything was alright.
The day finally arrived. After paperwork and vitals the doctor came in to do an exam. And we finally got a peek at our little one. The ultra-sound showed that there was indeed a baby and we watched the little heartbeat. What a welcome relief that was. The doctor asked us if we had any questions. We asked the few that we did questions we did have. (We had been doing our homework and felt pretty good about knowing things.) And that was that. Besides the ultra-sound everything seemed kind of anticlimactic.
Sometime between when I made the doctors appointment and when it came we had watched a few documentaries and read a few books. And we had realized that we would rather have a natural childbirth with a mid-wife assisting then a more "traditional" OB-GYN birth. But when I called to get into the mid-wife I couldn't get into until after the OB appointment. So I decided to keep them both and then make a more educated decision on what would be best for us. We did have a few concerns that I could be labeled high-risk because of my weight and therefore need the OB.
The appointment with the mid-wife the next was the next week. I had to fill out more forms and then tell them that I had already had an appointment with the OB that did all my blood work and exam. So we just talked. At first I had concerns about seeing a different mid-wife for each appointment and then getting which ever one was on call to deliver the baby. But after talking with her we felt so much better about this route then the OB route. Every mid-wife has the same ideas that birth is a natural condition. By getting the mid-wife that is on call to deliver you can be sure that you have a fresh face to help you out. Not a doctor who may have many other things going on. The mid-wife also explained that each visit would be about on hour long as they had a list of things to teach you every time you came in. This being our first baby the idea of education was amazing (as apposed to just answering the questions you already have). We came out of that appointment feeling much better about what to expect with the pregnancy and delivery with the mid-wife then the OB. Not to mention some of the other benefits like the fact that mid-wives are cheaper, and they can still do almost anything the doc can do except for a c-section. But they have a doctor on-call in case the need should arise. Even though we had seen the little one at the first appointment this one had left us with just the right feeling that this was right for us.
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