What doctor should you choose?

When it comes time to choose an OBGYN to go to throughout your pregnancy a ton of factors arise that you may have never thought of before. Trust me when I say, unless you already have one, finding an OB can be a very daunting headache.
The first thing you should think about when choosing any doctor, especially and OBGYN, is the location of the actual office building. After all you will be going there at least 15 times within the next 9 months.
The next thing you should do is find out whether or not that office you think is convenient, accepts the insurance you have.
You think this whole process is over now? You have the doctors office that is only a few blocks away, you called and asked and they do accept your insurance (whoohoo because the only other OBGYN office is completely out of the way!!) Well your wrong, its not over yet, now you have to decide on an actual doctor. So that means yet another phone call or trip to the office to get a list of the doctors they have there.
Now is the time to decide, would you like a male or female doctor? Some women feel more comfortable having another women going to the most intimate private areas of your body. Some would rather have a male doctor because "its more natural". Then there are the women like me who really do not care either way, after all weather male or female, they are just doing their job, and have seen hundreds of other women's vaginas throughout their career.
Have you decided? Will you be going with a man or women? AAAHHHH your done now! Haha I was just kidding, there are still a few more steps before you can say you have your doctor. So now you have found there is an OBGYN conveniently located a few blocks away from your home, you have got a list of the different doctors, and thought long and hard about whether you would rather have a man or woman looking deep into your body.
Now that you have done all of that you must actually decide on one specific doctor, yup that's right, look at a list of names on a plain white piece of paper and decide from that which doctor you would like to have. This is where references from people you know or even reviews on the internet can come in handy.
After talking to your mother, sister, best friend with four kids and the random lady standing outside the office, you learn that everybody has a different doctor they absolutly love. So you then go to the internet where you spend hours looking at reviews of each of those doctors on that list you previously received. YOU FINALLY DECIDE on a specific doctor that seems perfect for you. Now you are almost done! Just two more steps!
Time to call and see if that perfect doctor for you is accepting new patients or not. If your lucky they will be and you can then set up your first appointment. If not, I am sorry. Hopefully you had a runner up on that list you can inquire about.