I just saw the above post and feel compelled to chime in with eneri7. We had our first baby (delivered vaginally) with Dr. Ghosh a few months ago and thought he was fabulous.
My experience was so different from what californiamum describes that it is hard to believe we are talking about the same OB.
I never once felt that he had a preference for delivering via C-section. I had heard that HK doctors are very pro C-section and so raised this with him in our very first appointment and that was the first and last time it ever came up.
I won't bore everyone with long examples on each of 1-6 but just say I disagree firmly. As to unnecessary tests, I am a slightly older mom and we agonized over whether or not to do an amnio. Dr. Ghosh could not have been more supportive and patient with us - we had detailed discussions about the results of the big ultrasound scan (sorry, can't remember what it is called), my and my husbands medial histories etc. We ultimately decided not to do the amnio and he was incredibly supportive. I never felt like he was even remotely pushing us towards doing this test.
Yes, you do often have a long wait in the waiting room (in my experience, up to 1 hour, usually 30 min). However, the time he took with us at each an every appointment to point out things on the ultrasound and answer all of our questions, not to mention the two times I know we kept the next patient waiting as we discussed whether or not to do an amnio, was worth every minute of the wait. That's also another plus, if you want it, he will do an ultrasound at every visit (which costs extra, as it does with every OB) but you don't have to do it if you don't want, it is totally up to you.
I guess the moral of the story is that everyone has their own experience. I hope that this at least provides a counterpoint for someone evaluating OBs/Dr. Ghosh to consider.
My experience was so different from what californiamum describes that it is hard to believe we are talking about the same OB.
I never once felt that he had a preference for delivering via C-section. I had heard that HK doctors are very pro C-section and so raised this with him in our very first appointment and that was the first and last time it ever came up.
I won't bore everyone with long examples on each of 1-6 but just say I disagree firmly. As to unnecessary tests, I am a slightly older mom and we agonized over whether or not to do an amnio. Dr. Ghosh could not have been more supportive and patient with us - we had detailed discussions about the results of the big ultrasound scan (sorry, can't remember what it is called), my and my husbands medial histories etc. We ultimately decided not to do the amnio and he was incredibly supportive. I never felt like he was even remotely pushing us towards doing this test.
Yes, you do often have a long wait in the waiting room (in my experience, up to 1 hour, usually 30 min). However, the time he took with us at each an every appointment to point out things on the ultrasound and answer all of our questions, not to mention the two times I know we kept the next patient waiting as we discussed whether or not to do an amnio, was worth every minute of the wait. That's also another plus, if you want it, he will do an ultrasound at every visit (which costs extra, as it does with every OB) but you don't have to do it if you don't want, it is totally up to you.
I guess the moral of the story is that everyone has their own experience. I hope that this at least provides a counterpoint for someone evaluating OBs/Dr. Ghosh to consider.
and even through that, I found him very good. I would definitely go back to him for our next bub!!