I had my first visit with my OB last week. Back when I found out that I was pregnant I tried to get into him, but had to wait 3.5 weeks because he was so busy. I ended up seeing a midwife in the meantime who went over my general health and ordered the two ultra sounds already posted.
When I arrived at the OB's office, this nurse weighed me and ushered me into a private room to wait for the Doctor. I maybe waited 5 mins before he arrived. He went over full family history, mine as well as Rob's, and asked plenty of questions about symptoms and feelings on pregnancy. He manged to have copies of my ultrasounds and informed me I was further along then originally though. I was now officially 8 weeks instead of 7. He answered all our questions and was very personable. Before I left his office he had ordered my 12 week ultrasound, and set an appointment with him for the week following to discuss the results and check in for my monthly appointment. He ordered a full round of blood work and a physical as it hadn't been done by my regular Doctor.
Rob and I walked out of there impressed with how on the ball this doctor was. We knew exactly what the next few steps in the process were and what we could expect from him in terms of being available for the birth and how ofter we would have appointments during the pregnancy.
Having been to both the OB and the Midwife, we are now trying to decide which route to take. Providing the pregnancy is normal and low risk, there is no reason a midwife wouldn't be completely capable of the job. Part of me is partial to the midwife for the fact that they are more likely to be the one attending the birth, and they have excellent post birth care... the OB on the other hand likely wont be the one attending the birth, as he is only available between 8am and 6pm on weekdays, and he doesn't see the baby after birth, you have to return to your regular doctor right away (which for me is out of town). On the other hand, the OB was much more on top of his game in regards to booking the next appointments and discussing the ultrasound results with me, whereas the Midwife has yet to book a next appointment and I haven't even heard the results of my last ultrasound from them, which they ordered.
We really are unsure of what to do, so for now we are going to make it through our 12 week ultrasound, and providing everything is normal, we will decide from there.
