OB vs GP vs Midwife?

[~Saram~]

Congrats on you pg and don't feel too bad about forgetting your last period I can't remember mine either it's just that it's on fertilityfriend but I keep forgetting everytime someone asks (ie dr, midwif etc)

As for what next depends if you are going public or private? I went private with DS and chose an OB who looked after all my pg care and I delivered at the closet private hospital. With this pg I was living in a remote area without a private hospital so we found a GP who was qualified to deliver and he looked after my pg care (until 16wks when we moved) and would have delivered as at the local base hospital. If you go public it depends on the hospital and area you live in. some have midwife programs, others you just see whoever is there for appointments and on the day. HTH a little

[Janie]

Firstly, do you have private health insurance with Obstetric cover? If not then forget about going private. If you do it's another thing to consider.

Certainly many (probably most?) people go public, usually under midwife care. If you have a normal healthy pg you will just see the midwives for each visit. If they think you need to be checked by an OB they will organise that. Otherwise you will be cared for during your pg and labour and delivery by midwives. Whether or not you see the same midwife each time I think depends on what sort of program your hospital has.

There is also shared care which is as Sarah described above.

Hopefully Kelly or Alan or someone will come in and explain more to you about midwife care, I'm not exactly qualified!

Good luck with your decision