That might make you question what your OB wants to do!
I love the blog My OB Said What? This great quote prompted my post.
At 12 week prenatal appointment;
OB: “So, are you reading books about birth?”
Mother: “Yes, I am…”
OB: “Well, don’t bother, nobody has any control over labor, least of all the laboring woman. Just leave it all up to me, and I’ll take good care of you.”
Hmm, does this seem like a care provider you would want? How are you going to know what questions to ask? If you just let your OB take good care of you for pregnancy and birth and don’t think about it how empowering of an experience is that going to be?
Choose your care provider wisely! Click here for a tutorial on how to create the best birth team!
I try to avoid looking at that site, because it gets my blood boiling! That quote is a great reminder that one of the important things you do have control over during labor is who will be there with you. You’ve got to give that OB some “credit” for being open and honest about his attitudes from the start. At 12 weeks, you still have plenty of time to find another provider!
Olivia