Hi ...,

My scenario was a bit different I guess as I was a public patient and only saw an ob as I thought it was 'the thing to do'. Looking back, although he is a great ob, probably was a waste of money. At Aidan's birth I only ever had midwives (one in particular was AWESOME), and I can vaguely remember seeing a doctor right at the end, I think he was there for about 1 minute, not even sure why to this day. I did spend some 'quality' time with a rather spunky young doctor as I tore pretty bad, and he seemed to do a good job. heehee. It still makes me laugh, my legs spread far and wide, and this really cute doctor sewing me up (sorry, way TMI!!), and my husband sitting next to me cuddling Aidan!!!

Personally for me, next time, I plan on midwife care only at my local public hospital, it helps that it's brand new and my neighbour is a midwife there...

Hope that helps.

Jess