Who To Choose: OBGYN vs MIDWIFE | What is a MIDWIFE? What is an OBGYN?
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- Who To Choose: OBGYN or Midwife
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Whether you’re a first time mom or fifth time mom, choosing your care provider during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum is so important! In this video, you get answers to What is an obgyn? What is a Midwife? OB vs Midwife - how do they compare? Is a midwife safe? And how your choices affect labor and delivery with a home birth, birth center, or hospital birth. If you’re scared about birth, getting your birth team ready in the early stages of pregnancy is one of the best ways to prep for labor and knowing if you’ll be under the maternity care of an obgyn or midwives is an important decision to make. In this video, we talk about the basics of what you’ll need to know before having a baby to choose a care provider so you feel confident and comfortable in your care as you’re preparing for birth during pregnancy.
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Absolutely nothing against hospitals and OBs, but I chose a midwife and it was the best decision I could have made. My doula, my husband and I labored at home for the first 14 hours and it was so relaxing to be in my space, we went to the midwives office and had the baby within 2 hours and were headed back home 4 hours later to rest. It’s not for everyone but so many of my family members hated my decision for choosing a midwife but now I would not want to go to the hospital unless it was an emergency. Education is huge as not many people know about midwives and are scared of natural birth.
I feel like midwives are more receptive to birth preferences and educate more on childbirth than OBs.
Been considering switching to midwives since my OB's response to my birth preferences we're not great & I didn't feel supported at all. Tried guilting me into choosing what she wanted 🙄🙄
I had a CNM in a hospital but baby’s heart rate was dropping so she brought in a doctor to perform a vacuum assisted delivery. The CNM stayed with me until after delivery, even though she was no longer needed. It was a scary birth experience for me but I loved and appreciated the support I was given from everyone involved!
My obgyn has been amazing! She’s very informative and supports all my decisions. She is supportive and always seems sincere. I was seen by a midwife that works with my dr. and honestly my ob was more caring than the midwife. It depends more on the person not necessarily their title.
MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A DOCTOR ON CALL!! When my grandson was delivered by a Nurse Midwife in a hospital, in the US, we had a deadly complication, placental abruption. There was no doctor available for emergency and we nearly list them both! It ended with an emergency cesarean under lidocaine and concious sedation during active labor with no doctor or anesthesiologist present. We could hear her screaming! Life flight was called. Mom needed 3 surgeries and 8 pints of blood, baby was in the NICU for 2 weeks. Just make sure that there is a doctor on call, available for emergency.
It is so interesting how birthcare providers differ in the USA from germany! Here, a midwife is always the one delivering your baby by law and Obgyns are called at the last minute to join (in hospitals). So if you have a c-section also a midwife is involved in the process and stays with mom and baby in the OR :) And out of hospital births are highly regulated so the riscs are minimalized. As a teaching midwife who worked in all settings I highly recommend having an emotional support at birth - here mostly miwives, but more and more doulas. Thank you for yor great videos!
I remember my former OB frowning upon my asking a lot of questions based on things i read and see online and even talked me against browsing too much internet. Lol i guess patients remaining uninformed is what keeps their pockets full so yeah
My babies were born in the 80s, in the hospital. It was truly traumatic. Forced to lie still, on my back, laboring for hours, pushing for hours, surrounded by machines. It literally caused PTSD. HOWEVER, they were high risk, and they survived. That was the ultimate goal. I would have loved a beautiful, peaceful home birth, but in reality i wasnt built for it. For 3 generations, the babies in my family were emergency cesareans. My doctor decided that i would labor and deliver to prove a point. I had long labors, 4th degree episotomies, and forcep deliveries. It was grisly. A home birth would not have worked out. They should have been cesarean. The last two were cesarean and it was much better.
This is so true. I had an OBGYN. And he’s great, but he definitely made me feel a bit powerless to the birth. It was a vbac, so I was afraid to get a midwife. But he often made me feel like the likelihood of success was low. I had a successful vbac, but it was all from my mental support, and stubbornness, more than anything from him. It also helped that I took your course and had the tools I needed to know what was happening to me, what I was allowed (such as control over my birth process) and what to ask for. I could easily know when doctor was trying to push me in a direction he preferred and I could disagree with him if necessary (within reason)
I will never in my life give birth in a hospital or have an OBGYN again. The most traumatic experience of my life almost 2 years ago and I’m still not over it.
I like how your video is informative and not obviously biased towards one or the other.
Due to my new insurance I had to stop going to my original obgyn where I loved and were with for six years. As it being my first pregnancy and I had no idea where to go I was worried about time. In a bind to find a new ob office and after being rejected countless times, I went to the first one that accepted my insurance and that was the worst thing I did. Those people were unprofessional and made me feel like me and my baby were not important. Luckily I found my midwives center and I couldn’t have been more relieved and thrilled. For my next births I will always go to them and my midwife specifically was the best and I truly couldn’t have had my amazing birth experience without her!
Thank you for this great recap. it is nice that you talk from experience.
Great topic!!
I had no problems with my OBGYN or hospital birth, he was very respectful and kind, loved the nurses! But I also was very uneducated and I think it could have been better had I known more about what to expect. I just didn’t know what I was missing out on so I thought all was well. I think I’ll do an at home birth next time.
Thanks for this video! It helps define differences well. One comment from a midwife of 20 years, different states call midwife credentials different things. In Texas, we are called Licensed Midwife. There are still 2 credential pathways in Texas- CNM and LM. Funny story, when I first got my credential it was called "documentation". In the legislative arguments that changed it to Licensure, they asserted that Certified would imply too much credit. But Documented midwife was pretty dumb for 4 years of study and 60+ births and 100+ prenatal contact appointments. 😂
I adore my OB, but I feel like she is unusual as far as OB's go in how much she obviously cares for what's best for mom and baby. I love your point that you had a positive OB experience in part because you took your education into your own hands. I can see where that was valuable for me with having an OB. People like you on CZcams make educating oneself easier now that ever before. I can see the value of a midwife, but since I have such a wonderfully caring and experienced OB and education resources, I will stick with my OB!:)
My OB is great, she helped me through infertility, I had surgery with her, and I feel she knows me, probably better than most of her other patients because of my history. But now that everything is going great with my pregnancy and I'm low risk, I'm considering switching to the midwife, in the same hospital, because of midwives' focus on well being and not just the medical side. I will still 100% have a hospital birth.
Thanks for this U make me love what I practice. Am a Certified Nurse Midwife and proud. Yes come for us and be sure we'll be with you throughout your prego journey