Need Reference for an Obgyn/midwife

I go to a group out of Round Rock Medical Center. Michelle Irvin is my doctor, but I have friends who have Dr. Baylor and Dr. Michel (also highly recommended). I'm about to deliver (2.5 weeks), and I feel great going into it. I'm not too too nervous :) Good luck! The office number is: ###-###-####

Mark Akin is the best.

L.

M.,
I had a beautiful experience with Laurie Fremgen. She attended my son's homebirth in December. Her office is near north Burnet, just south of 183, so still fairly central Austin but at least on the north end of town. You can contact her through her website at http://www.lauriefremgen.com . Send me a message if you have any specific questions!

Dr. Laurette Smith at Renaissance Women's Group. She is FANTASTIC and so is everyone else at her practice. Very knowledgable and patient. Kid friendly office if you have another child. Several of my friends have changed to their office since I have started going there. They deliver at North Austin Medical Center which is right across the street. There is also a great Pediatrican's office in the same building as Dr. Smith. It's North Austin Pediatricts. Dr. Erica Sharp is ours but all of them are great. LOVE them so much!!
Hope this helps and good luck! You can contact me if you want more info on either place.
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I also use Dr. Sebestyen. She's just added a 3rd midwife and they will start delivery at NAMC in August. GROUNGBREAKING! I also used a doula for my first birth (Brenda from the Mothering Way). The combination of hospital and doula were perfect for me. Still, my 1st OB was a little traditional. Dr. Sebestyen is a little more natural which is why I switched. I'm due 12/25!
Good luck and feel free to email if I can help!
K.

I had my first child in a birthing center with a certified nurse midwife in Tennessee and used the Bradley method. My insurance wouldn't cover a midwife in Texas for my second child. All the midwives I talked to here referred me to Dr. Love at St. David's in Austin (he is one of a handful of Drs. who will go with the Bradley Method). I had never been to male ob/gyn before and was nervous, but from the first second I met him I was at ease and he is one of the best doctors I have ever been to. Everyone I've ever met who used Dr. Love has had wonderful things to say. He did not actually deliver my child (I was 12 days past my due date) as he was out of town for ONE weekend out of my whole 36-42 week range. But everything up to that was wonderful and his partners who covered handled me just great (though I really only saw them for seconds before the baby was born as I went from 7-10cm VERY quickly).

Two things to think about though have more to do with St. David's -1st it is a drive from Round Rock but that wasn't really a problem for us. The doctor was worth it. At St. David's they hook you up to a fetal monitor every 15-30 minutes (depending on your stage of labor)for 15 minutes (you can be in a bed or chair but you have to stay put). It was my second baby so I had no problem with natural childbirth using Bradley and being hooked up, but it does hinder the "free to walk" process. For the rest of the time you can move around as you want.

Oh and I also looked at Dr. Sebesteyn because a friend had good luck with her. At the time she was affiliated with a group whose partners were anti-bradley and TOO traditional (I was worried about the on-call cover). Glad to see she has changed practices.

The Austin Area Birthing Center is excellent and located in N. Austin, so it would be an easy commute from Pflugerville. www.austinabc.com

Their midwives follow you through your whole pregnancy and care for you and your baby for 6 weeks after the birth.

K.

My obgyn is Dr. Sebestyen. She took over Margaret Thompson's practice in the North Austin Medical Center area. She is really pushing to get midwives back in the hospitals again. Her practice consists of 2 obs and 2 midwives...I definitely recommend her.

Hi M.,

Congratulations! I can't recommend my midwife enough--Illysa Foster of Sisters Midwifery. You can check out her website. Her office is off 45th and Lamar. I don't know if that is far enough north for you, but if it is you should check her out.

Best wishes for a healthy pregnancy and great birth!
G.
mama to Nathaniel (12-14-07)

Check out Austin Area Birthing Center.
www.austinabc.com

A great group of women!

Congratulations!

D.

Any of the doctors at the Scott and White University Medical Clinic in Round Rock are great.