Don't want to derail the other post about which doctor you go to with this question but I wanted some opinions:
Do you guys have your providers at your spouses hospitals or other hospitals (if that's an option)? DD will have her pediatrician affiliated with his hospital but I'm making my annual visit appointment and that got me thinking.
The reason I ask is that the closest OB/Gyn office is within a 5 minute drive which would be insanely convenient but it's affiliated with the other hospital in town. Not to get ahead of ourselves but I'm not sure that's attractive to be with the other hospital (which is excellent, BTW) if I do get pregnant again anytime in residency. DH will be unlikely to be involved at regular appointments or ultrasounds anyway but he definitely won't be able to if they're at the other hospital. Plus, it would be easier for him to get to me and to receive any theoretical professional courtesies if I'm at the other hospital (that whole walking issue could rear it's ugly head again for example). That being said, if he's not going to be involved in my prenatal care anyway, wouldn't it make sense for me to go with the most convenient option for myself?
Plus you have the whole, do I want my husband's colleagues seeing my delivery sticking point... As a urologist, he will definitely have some interaction with OB/Gyn.
Do you guys have your providers at your spouses hospitals or other hospitals (if that's an option)? DD will have her pediatrician affiliated with his hospital but I'm making my annual visit appointment and that got me thinking.
The reason I ask is that the closest OB/Gyn office is within a 5 minute drive which would be insanely convenient but it's affiliated with the other hospital in town. Not to get ahead of ourselves but I'm not sure that's attractive to be with the other hospital (which is excellent, BTW) if I do get pregnant again anytime in residency. DH will be unlikely to be involved at regular appointments or ultrasounds anyway but he definitely won't be able to if they're at the other hospital. Plus, it would be easier for him to get to me and to receive any theoretical professional courtesies if I'm at the other hospital (that whole walking issue could rear it's ugly head again for example). That being said, if he's not going to be involved in my prenatal care anyway, wouldn't it make sense for me to go with the most convenient option for myself?
Plus you have the whole, do I want my husband's colleagues seeing my delivery sticking point... As a urologist, he will definitely have some interaction with OB/Gyn.
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