{"id":62,"date":"2009-02-11T15:46:03","date_gmt":"2009-02-11T22:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fridayblogs.com\/tinkusajan\/2009\/02\/11\/tips-for-finding-a-good-obgyn-in-the-us\/"},"modified":"2009-02-11T15:46:03","modified_gmt":"2009-02-11T22:46:03","slug":"tips-for-finding-a-good-obgyn-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fridayblogs.com\/?p=62","title":{"rendered":"Tips for finding a good OBGYN in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Talk 2 ur friends first, and get the names of some good Ob&#8217;s in ur area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Find out if the one recommended is on ur insurance plan (most important).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ideally, ur OB and the hospital that she\/he conducts deliveries should be w\/i 30 min driving distance. For me, I wanted an all women OB group, as I&#8217;m not comfortable w\/ the chance that a male OB might be on call when my baby decided to come out.<!--more--><\/li>\n<li>Also, try NOT to schedule induced delivery\/ elective C-section before u&#8217;re at least 39 weeks pregnant, unless u&#8217;ve other complications that might ur OB wanna induce u sooner. For normal pregnancies, its best to carry your baby all the way to 40 weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Also, try 2 pick an experienced OB, more so, if u&#8217;re &#8216;ving complications and might expect a difficult labor. Most of the OB&#8217;s nowadays, dont do vacuum extraction, as it can be damaging 2 baby&#8217;s brain. But, some do forceps extraction. And, a lot of the newer OB&#8217;s dont get enough training in forceps\/vaccum during residency, as a lot of teaching hospitals dont encourage those &amp; even if they do, they&#8217;ve d more experienced OB&#8217;s do the actual procedure, while the residents assist. But, even OB&#8217;s fresh out of residency are well trained in C-section; so, dont worry, if u&#8217;re gonna&#8217;ve an elective C- section. Again, 4 that matter, try not to go to a teaching hospital for ur delivery; but, if u&#8217;ve to, double check w\/ ur OB that she or her partner will be present at the delivery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Also, make sure tht ur OB doesnt &#8216;ve many malpractice claims against her. Go 2 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fsmb.org\/directory_smb.html#b11\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.fsmb.org\/directory_smb.html#b11<\/a> &amp; under the specific state medical boards, there&#8217;s a section for consumers to obtain information on all the docs licensed (BELIEVE ME!!! U WANNA MAKE SURE THT UR OB IS BOARD CERTIFIED TOO) in that particular state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Most important of all, ur OB shuld be approachable &amp; easy to get hold of during after hours and weekends, as u&#8217;re gonna &#8216;ve a lotta Qs and worries during even a totally normal pregnancy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talk 2 ur friends first, and get the names of some good Ob&#8217;s in ur area. Find out if the one recommended is on ur insurance plan (most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fridayblogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fridayblogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fridayblogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fridayblogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fridayblogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fridayblogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fridayblogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fridayblogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fridayblogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}