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Just found out I am pregnant!!!
This is my second pregnancy, long hoped for! I am so happy and excited! I am getting older and in mid-lateish thirties, so this will also be the last one assuming all goes well. I always wanted two kids, so crossing my fingers that this is a healthy pregnancy to complete my family!
I know a few things from my last pregnancy, but it's been long enough that I need to refresh my memory. What are your top pregnancy tips?
Main worry: I am getting a new OBGYN (the one I had during pregnancy with my son was absolutely horrible. The next one I got was also bad and apparently is affiliated with my old provider. 🙄). Other than choosing a better hospital affiliation and an all-female practice if I can, what are your top tips for finding a good provider? Based in the US Midwest.
Hoooorraayyyyyy!!!! 😁😁😁
Apparently this got double posted somehow (not by me?? I only made one post 🤷♀️), but I still got the well wishes and advice on the dupe post! Thanks! ❤️
A practice with midwives tends to be more open to listening to the mother's preferences for birth rather than an all-MD practice. (even if you don't use a midwife, the fact that the MD's in the practice HAVE them says a lot to me)
Depending on your birthing preferences, look for a group that does water birth, or if you need a repeat c-section, or if you're high risk... I'd look for specialists in that area.
Good luck and congrats!!!
Thanks, yeah I forgot from last time that they said I should use a maternal fetal medicine OB next time due to a birth defect that my son has. I've been told since by his specialist that it was spontaneous with no known risk factors due to abnormal development at 6-8 weeks gestation. So I'm not sure it's truly necessary but I think I might run with it if it means extra screening. My son is super duper healthy except for this issue (which is mainly cosmetic it turns out, doesn't bother him at all), so IDK. I honestly forget he has a birth defect most of the time! He's just a normal kid to me. But it would have been nice not to have been so surprised when he was born! We had no idea, hence switching OBs. -_-