Better get used to it:
Medical malpractice insurance for obstetricians and gynecologists could become so expensive that only hospitals “” and the doctors under their insurance umbrellas “” could afford coverage for birthings.For expectant moms it means their gynecologists, after shepherding them through nine months, would hand them over to a “laborist” “” a hospital staff doctor specializing in delivering babies.
“I think it’s going to compromise the care,” said Dr. David Herzog, who is an attending physician and also teaches at Richmond University Medical Center on Staten Island. A baby’s birth will become “a sterile procedure instead of a beautiful experience; it’s inevitable if the current system continues as is.”
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Oh paaaaaaleeeeaze…..
Give me a break!
It already works like this in many many places in the country. When doctors work in groups (and majority of OBs do), you never know who will be on call when you go into labor. I see only one doctor, but I know it can be any of her about 40 colleagues delivering me (doctors or midwives) when the time comes. It is not much different from coming to a hospital and having the laborist delivering you. This is how the system operates in many other countries. I’m not saying there aren’t disadvantages – I would prefer getting delivered by the doctor I’ve been seeing for 9 months – but, the reality is that then that doctor has no life (or, may potentially have to come in for my delivery after not sleeping for many hours). There are advantages and disadvantages to both models of care, but it really doesn’t amount to “having the joy taken out of birthing”.
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