VBAC with little to no interventions (super long)

Thanks so much for all your input! I definately agree that it is a control thing; especially with ending up with a c/s the first time, not at all how she wanted things to go. . . not sure if they were scientologists or not. . .

The more I think about the whole situation, the more I AM inclined to speak with my nurse manager about it. The thing about this MD is that she is constantly asking the nurses to cover her butt (ie. "I'm sorry, but my daughter is in bed and my husband is asleep, so I will not come up there tonight. Tell the pt in the nicest way you can that I'm sorry no one saw her today, but we're confident that she's stable and I'll see her in the morning." NOT KIDDING. This happened a few months ago.) I really felt that she had put me (well, all of us, really) in a sticky situation and believe that something was missing in the communication between the two of them earlier on. Not wanting to be the bad guy, I'm sure she just decided to let the nurses deal with the pt when she came in in labor. The pt had a birth plan, too, so you'd think all of this would've been discussed before she hit the door.