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Any trained doctor can deliver a healthy baby, congratulate the family, and move on to the next patient. But it takes someone with character and commitment to personally connect with your case and give you what you need if things get rough.
I know. I’ve survived two miscarriages, two anxiety- and sickness-riddled pregnancies, and one misdiagnosed miscarriage. I fired my first obstetrician when I was 16 weeks pregnant with my first child. She lost messages, kept me waiting, had stupid advice for my hyperemesis gravidarum (”Take Tums!”), and never remembered my name. Read More
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