Holiday Babies...

[emilie]

For those of you who are due around the holidays - are you verifying with your OB that they will actually be around to deliver?  I have my first OB appointment scheduled for next week and I am definitely going to ask her.  I hope that doesn't come off as rude but I definitely don't want to be seeing an OB who will for sure be on vacation the week of my due date.

[Deleted]

Where I go you see whoever is on the floor that day unless your OB is able to slip away from the clinic which is in the building next door. They tell you upfront that you might not have your actual ob for delivery, but I hadn't even thought about who would be there over the holidays. We will probably bring extra treats for whomever is on staff if we are there over Christmas. No one wants to work those days and I'm sure they drew the short straw. Luckily DH makes AMAZING baked goods so it's good bribery. Definitely something to ask about when we go for an appointment.

[emilie]

Oh, I will definitely bring some awesome treats for the nurses! Maybe some healthy and some non-healthy snacks. I read somewhere that nurses sometimes get annoyed at there only being sugary treats around in L&D, so maybe I will bring some fruit and stuff too

[bootsorhearts]

I'm a scheduled C, but it would be nice since I'm going to the same practice if the same OB did the C. She has a kid who in my DS's preschool class too! I haven't summoned the courage to ask her if she remembers that she delivered my kiddo. She probably gets that a lot. I bet it's annoying.

[sdgal]

Great questions and good ideas about bringing treats for the L&D staff.

I know my OB is in a job share, so I'll definitely have to meet her partner. My office tries to schedule every other appointment with just the Nurse Practitioner, so I hope I get a chance to meet all the OB's in the practice.

[xoxo]

That's a good question!! I hadn't even thought to ask my doctor, but I will at my appointment this week. She's a solo doctor who delivers most of her patients, so hopefully Christmas is not her planned vacation. Thanks for the reminder!

[mrswillie]

I'll be an RCS, but I'm nervous about going into labor early and missing Thanksgiving dinner. I need my homemade stuffing, rolls and cranberry sauce damnit!

ETA: also nervous about getting whoever is on call if I go early. I'll be scheduling it for my OB to do it. He also did my last one. There's one doctor I won't let near me. I'll request whoever's on call with the hospital! HA!

[kaydee0402]

I'm a scheduled C if baby has not arrived on their own by due date, so hopefully this isn't an issue.

HOWEVER, I was induced with my first baby in the middle of snowstorm (went in at 6 am on Friday, the storm progressed throughout the day, by the time night shift rolled around, my scheduled midwife couldn't make it in) and I got stuck with this midwife I've never had before and she was terrible. Hated her and I told my OB she is never allowed near me again. So yeah, this shit happens so definitely verify who will be available during the holidays and who your alternate options are. Meet your alternates before and make sure you like them so you can figure out a different plan if needed.

[WineNChocolate]

I am with a large practice. It will be whoever is on call that night at the hospital. I have no super connections to my obgyn.