Good OBs vs. The SOBs

Yes, another baby post....but I was reading a question on iVillage that got me thinking about a little situation I have with the OB practice I go to...

The lady on iVillage loves her dr., but he is in a group of OB's and one of the other drs. is a real prick - and she wants to know if there is anything she can do about it if that dr. is on call when she goes into labor.

That, friends, is a great question...as I am in the same boat. There are 6 OB's at my place. Two I LOVE LOVE LOVE....Two I like enough to be cool having deliver my babies...Two I wouldn't want to deliver my pizza.

Sadly, with both my kids, the same stone cold dr was on call. Both times, she came in at the last possible second - said nothing - I knew nothing about what was going on aside from hellish pain - my sweet baby popped out - and then she left - in silence.

If you know me, you know I don't need any coddling or ooshy-gooshy bonding with my dr. I need to know what's going on and I need to know they are there when I'm ready to get the kid out. Though now that I think about it, a smile and "congratulations" seem appropriate, too, for some one I am paying out the hoohaa (pun intended) to for their services....

So, now that I'm approaching Mr. Baby's big day, I am wondering....What can I do to eliminate the chance of having one of the SOB's ("Stone"-cold OB's) deliver my most-likely last baby?

I've always been scheduled to be induced...and went into labor early....so that doesn't seem to work....though I will try again...

I could find out who's on call when I go into labor and if it's one of them, start speaking in Spanish saying I have no OB....The resident has to be better than either of the SOBs.

I tried prayer with Joshua and God said "no"....though I am giving that another shot starting right now...

If anyone has any ideas, send them my way....Muchas Gracias por tu informacion!

Julia's Heart for Missions...um, yeah....

This morning while getting ready to school, Julia ran across the invitation to her dedication service, which is similar to a christening or baby baptism except no water is involved. It's more about us as parents promising before our church family to raise our child in a home that loves God and seeks His will for our family....

I read the invitation to Julia and she goes..."I wish I would've been there."

I replied, "Sweetie, you were there. You were just a baby though....When you new brother is born you get to go up to the front of the sanctuary with us as his big sister. Won't that be fun?"

"YES!" she smiled with her blue eyes shining. "The sanctuary! That's where I want to do missions!"

My Jesus loving heart skipped a beat....My little girl wanting to do missions! I had visions of her serving the poor, the hungry...Giving clothes to the needy, etc.

"Oh Julia that's wonderful! What kind of missions work do you think you'd want to do?"

"Well, I'll start in the balcony...crawl across the back to the light switches....turn those off and run down the stairs to the stage where no one can see me....''

She continued on and on....ending with jumping out and scaring somebody....

Seriously, Rachel? Do you know your child, at all?

She definitely is more of a "Mission: Impossible"-type girl...but I do trust God has great plans for her despite it or maybe involving it! :)