I LOVE my obstetrician and his 'funny' little theories...

[Epacris]

Fiona, thanks so much for sharing, I really enjoyed reading that!

I LOVE my ob too. I found him when I needed a D&C (my first pregnancy was a blighted ovum) and now he's been with me on my journey to DS and DD.

The thing I loved about him most was he would constantly say with great enthusiasm "You're a Natural!". Who knows whether I actually was natural or not but, it made me feel like I could be. Those little boosts of confidence can just make all the difference.

[Nai]

I don't know about all of them but I know that I have really good skin elasticity and have fallen pregnant twice in the first go (yes the ACTUAL first try - twice) at the ages of 33 and 36 when I should technically have declining fertility..... so maybe some truth there.

[Meo]

Hi Fiona, I'm in Northcote too, just wondering if you could tell me the name of your Ob? I may be in the market for one soon as my fertility specialist just makes the babies, doesn't deliver them

Thanks.

[Jellyfish]

He sounds like a good guy! I absolutely adore my obstetrician, also! He didn't have many theories but was so kind and supportive. I had a drug-free labour with no tears, cuts or stitches and he said how proud he was of me -- it meant the world to hear that.

[BellyBelly]

Epacris - I think EVERYONE is a natural no matter what the circumstance, birth is a natural, biological thing, and the more educated and informed you are, the more confident and empowered you will feel. Like anything in life, I think confidence and esteem has to come from within - you can't rely on others to give it to you (hence SELF esteem ). I think with an Ob there can be an auto distinction of a medical 'expert' vs 'passive consumer' and it's not a healthy thing... you can still have a medical 'expert' and be incredibly empowered, natural and confident.

Like they say on the Business of Being Born, consumers can see the Ob as an expert giving them advice or telling them what to do and the Ob sees it as giving an option.

[LaDeeDa]

Fionas can you PM me the name of your OB ....just for next time :wink:

[Cassius2]

thanks for sharing that Fionas!

um, i guess there were no outright words of wisdom from my OB as such. he DID tell me that at my last appt at 38 weeks that the next time he would see me would be in a couple of days at the hospital having the baby...DD was born 38 +2 weeks!

i loved the way that when i asked about induction timings he refused to even talk about it until i was at least 10 days over. gotta love the intervention reluctance!

pity we live in a different city now.

[bon]

Fiona - its great to hear that you had such a positive experience