Currently a patient here with my brand new first b...

Currently a patient here with my brand new first baby. I was seen by a midwife during my pregnancy and she was amazing and really prepared me for birth and after. I was borderline unreasonable in my wishes to have a natural birth but she really worked with me to extend the pregnancy and give me every chance to have the birth I wanted. There was one receptionist who straight harassed me at the front desk of OBMidwifery so I dreaded checking in every time but other than that prenatal care was exceptional.

Labor and delivery completely blew my mind in the best way when my day finally came. I came in convinced my water was broken at 41.5 weeks and the tests came back negative, but my blood pressure was high. It had been trending higher and I had been seen for a minor heart condition as well. The OB didn t feel comfortable letting me go because of being past term and having iffy vitals. Even though I had been resolute to go into labor on my own, I had the overwhelming sense that this was the right time and had peace letting them admit me for induction. Turns out my water was broken and it started to gush right after my first check. I went through about 17 hours of induced labor and three total crews. I was assigned an OB rather than midwife because of my circumstances. The WHOLE labor I felt like my nurse and my doctor could read my mind. They let me be in control of decisions, were attentive and caring, and extremely patient and knowledgeable, especially nurse Salcido and Dr. Monson. My birth was far from what I envisioned but I felt so safe the whole time. I ended up needing some interventions I hoped to avoid, but I think a lot of other places would ve been rushing me back for a C-section instead of monitoring me closely. Everything that happened during my birth felt like my decision and I was not pressured or scared into anything against my judgement. I had so much peace that everything happened exactly how it needed to as they placed my baby on my chest. I would not want to go anywhere else after this experience. They acted deliberately and with confidence but stayed calm at the same time. Just amazing.

Also mother-baby treats you like royalty and I didn t want to leave.

I m a first time mom, but a very crunchy one who had tall expectations of this experience. WAMC exceeded them all and gave me a perfect birth experience.