Do you think I should stick to my OBGYN? I'm planning to have 2nd baby..?

Question

I'm planning for a 2nd baby but I'm wondering whether to switch to midwife or find other OBGYN. His office opens on Saturday too,ya friendly nurse(his wife). During my 1st baby delivery he suggested epidural to avoid torture but when I checked in at 1am with 2cm dilated I was given pitocin and no epidural until 8am the next day due to waiting for blood test and to wait for the 2bags of saline to be pumped into my body. I was in pain for 7hrs. At 8am after the epidural I already dilated to 7cm. Then at 9:50am I started pushing. 10:14am baby was born. Everything seems smooth but I wonder the pitocin is necessary. What do yo think? After the birth I have problem to sit and walk for 2months cause the muscle at my butt was so so painful. He said it's caused of the pushing. The butt pain is more torturing than the birth itself. Do you think all those can be avoided with different doctor? Please let me know your opinion.

Answer 1

no.....why did they give you pitocen???.......not necessary

it's a short cut for medical staff to force you thru labor instead of letting your body just do it's job

and i think it's crap.......and the pitocen WILL make your contractions more powerful and painful

also it sounds like you have the bottom pain due to an incorrect pushing position

i say go with a midwife.......she or he will allow to birth according to what you want

i just had my baby 2 weeks ago and the midwife never forced any meds on me......i said i didn't the IV...she agreed......i didn't want to labor in the bed.....she agreed....she let me labor standing up and kneeling over the bed when i needed to get thru a contraction and then when it was time to push she put a squatting bar on the bed and pushed squatting

holy hell it HURT but the delivery was drug free, smooth, natural and because of the position i had NO rectal problems.....as opposed to being forced to lie down with legs up which causes extreme pressure on the rectal muscles

good luck and if you stay with your current doc voice your desires and do not let them bully you!!!!

Answer 2

I had a midwife and an OBGYN. Trust me they all do just about the same things. I think it depends more on the place of midwifery. Whether they use tubs or swings or chairs and such. But I was also given pitocin. And an epidural in which the damn doctor put it in the wrong place. So I was drugged but felt every pain of natural birth there is. The pitocin helps with the dilation though. Plus they probably gave it to you because you were dilating too slowly. My back and butt hurt the whole time I was in labor. I didn't sleep from 12 pm that night before until the next night at 7 pm. But I'd see a doctor about my pain if it worsens.

Answer 3

Every birth is different. It is difficult to go back and analyze the events of your last birth, but at the end of it all you were unhappy with the way your labor and delivery were managed under the direction of your OB/GYN. Perhaps he didn't feel the need to explain the use of pitocin or anything else he ordered your you, and there could be good reasons for why they were used. But he chose to have things happen they way that they did and you could probably expect him to behave in the same manner next time.
So unless you can meet with him now and have a agreement between the two of you about how he will handle the interventions that he plans to order, you can expect more of the same things that happened with the last birth.
Some doctors get huffy when you ask why they do things, others want to work with you and make sure that you are OK with the care that you get. If he is the type to get huffy, then go somewhere else! If he listens to you and communicates nicely, then give him another shot at it.

Answer 4

Did you ask your ob/gyn why you received pitocin right away and no epi? Find out the details of what the doctor ordered, why he ordered what he did before making your final decision.

I can't tell you much about hospital midwives, but lots of women prefer their support during labor. At one hospital, some women have ob/gyn prenatal care and a nurse-midwife during labor (one of the nurse-midwives is in my scrapbooking group). At the other, they have ob/gyn care and a doula at the labor (40% reduction in c-sections at this hospital so they provide them for free).

I gotta have a c-section from now on (medical), but I can tell you my experience with regular doctors. If they won't give me answers, then I don't go back to them. I may not do better with another doctor, but at least I won't feel like I've been lied to. Get the facts first, then make your decision!

Answer 5

I had a midwives during my pregnancy for everything but ultrasounds, and it was a pleasant experience. They knew my name and husband and all sorts of details. They did not pressure me for drugs during labor, but once I asked for epidural, they made sure I got it quickly. Unfortunately, I ended up having to have a csection (my son's head would not pass thru my pelvic bones) and the doctors stepped in. I feel like the care afterwards was not as up to par as would have been with the midwives. It's a more personal level for me.

Answer 6

Pitocin is routinely given to labor patients to speed up the labor. Otherwise, you may have been there for 2-3 days having that baby.

If you feel unhappy in any way with your first dr., go interview new ones. If you don't find one you like, go back to dr. #1. It's completely your prerogative. Remember, you hired them, so you get to tell them whether you want meds or don't want them, whether you want procedures or don't. You're the boss.

Answer 7

it's really up to you ..........I had about that same situation........I started having contractions around 10 a.m. on thursday morning..........my water didn't break but I was in horrible pain.....my doctor decided to give me pain medication and let me sleep until the next day........(the nurses even didn't understand why he did this because I was 5 days over due anyway).........so the next morning ( me still being in horrible pain)...he finally decided to break my water........at 8 a.m. ....I didn't get an epidural until 2 p.m. and delivered my daughter at 3:12 p.m...........I myself am not going back to him..........