Amieee
10-20-2002, 03:19 PM
Hi again.
I am going to be bombarding you all with questions the next week or two.
I think I have decided to take the Bradley classes, but I have to call the teacher tomorrow and see about cost and such. It might be cost prohibitive for us.
But, I still need to choose a caregiver.
I need to change because I just don't feel good about mine anymore. I was finw with them last time, even though I did not have the experience I wanted. I don't really blame them, but want a new one because of things that have happened since my birth.
Anyway, I will be making calls tomorrow. I am trying two practices with both OB's and CNM's. I must say, I have entertained the homebirth idea a bit, which would mean getting a lay midwife. But honestly, my home, especially my bedroom, is far from relaxing to me most of the time. And I can barely fit in my tub when I am not pregnant. Maybe we will have moved by baby number three and then I will feel better about that, because I must admit I am green when I read "born at home" and such in your sigs!
Anyway, back to the topic at hand.
I will call and hopefully get to set up an interview time. But I don't know if I should talk to the midwives or Dr's. Dr's make me uncomfortable most of the time and I really want to be under midwives care. But if the Dr's are not reasonable, then I want to know. So who am I supposed to interview?
What would I ask anyway? I thought of thinking of what I didn't like about my first birth, and seeing how they would have handled things, but honestly, I don't see how they could have done much differently. I consented to everything. I didn't have to.
Anyway, what kinds of things would I ask? I read some questions in the back of my Bradley book, and they seemed good to ask the first time around, but now they seem like they would really depend on the situation and most of them are givens (such as no routine episiotomy nor shaving, etc. )
Thanks!
I am going to be bombarding you all with questions the next week or two.
I think I have decided to take the Bradley classes, but I have to call the teacher tomorrow and see about cost and such. It might be cost prohibitive for us.
But, I still need to choose a caregiver.
I need to change because I just don't feel good about mine anymore. I was finw with them last time, even though I did not have the experience I wanted. I don't really blame them, but want a new one because of things that have happened since my birth.
Anyway, I will be making calls tomorrow. I am trying two practices with both OB's and CNM's. I must say, I have entertained the homebirth idea a bit, which would mean getting a lay midwife. But honestly, my home, especially my bedroom, is far from relaxing to me most of the time. And I can barely fit in my tub when I am not pregnant. Maybe we will have moved by baby number three and then I will feel better about that, because I must admit I am green when I read "born at home" and such in your sigs!
Anyway, back to the topic at hand.
I will call and hopefully get to set up an interview time. But I don't know if I should talk to the midwives or Dr's. Dr's make me uncomfortable most of the time and I really want to be under midwives care. But if the Dr's are not reasonable, then I want to know. So who am I supposed to interview?
What would I ask anyway? I thought of thinking of what I didn't like about my first birth, and seeing how they would have handled things, but honestly, I don't see how they could have done much differently. I consented to everything. I didn't have to.
Anyway, what kinds of things would I ask? I read some questions in the back of my Bradley book, and they seemed good to ask the first time around, but now they seem like they would really depend on the situation and most of them are givens (such as no routine episiotomy nor shaving, etc. )
Thanks!