There are several options for giving feedback when you don’t receive the kind of care you would like for yourself or your baby.  Some options include, but are not limited to:

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• If your caregiver is a nurse, you might be able to ask to talk with her directly, perhaps with your partner present and a colleague of the person’s present as well. You could also contact the nurse manager of the hospital’s labor and delivery unit.

• If your caregiver is a practitioner, you might talk with him or her directly, perhaps with your partner present and a colleague of the person’s present as well. You could also follow up with the practice at which the practitioner works.  If you don’t feel that the situation has been resolved, you can let the state medical board know. For more information in Ohio, go to www.med.ohio.gov. In West Virginia go to https://wvbom.wv.gov/.

• If your caregiver is a midwife, you might talk with her directly, perhaps with your partner present and a colleague of the person’s present as well. If you don’t feel that the situation has been resolved, you can alert your state’s midwifery organization. For Ohio, see www.ohiomidwives.org.

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Of course, you can always vote with your feet and not return to a practitioner.  If you want to continue to be seen by the other practitioners at a practice, you might choose to remain with a practice but refuse to be seen by a particular care provider.  However, working with the person and his or her colleagues and the boards who certify a practitioner provides more thorough input and feedback to the larger community about possible care concerns.