My wife gave birth twice in Holland and once in DR. First time in Holland was a great shock for her (also because it was her first time giving birth). First: no gynecologist but a midwife. Everything is focused on giving birth at home, only at the last moment they brought her to the hospital in an ambulance. Cesarean birth is a huge exception. No induction or medicines to make the delivery faster. No pain relieve. She was in great shock and everyone that heard about it from DR thought there were a bunch of butchers in Holland. Until she came to DR for a visit and brought our child to her family's pediatra. (dr. Acra, a very old guy but apparently for years one of the authorities in pediatrics in DR). He told her that everything she went through was actually the best way to make sure recovery is better. Even the pain of labor has its function.
Second delivery, same situation, but she now knew what to expect and it went perfect.
Third in DR. After 4 months she started to have some complications (apparently leaking amniotic liquid). One gynecologist told her to better abort the baby. These cases hardly ever turn out well, she said. Another one told her to stay in bed for 4 months (that's what she did). When time of labor was there they gave her something to induce the labor/ make the contractions come faster (even though she was only 38 weeks), pain relieve obviously. Everything went well, can't complain about that, but I didn't really like the part of giving her something to make the delivery go faster. I was on a plane from Miami to Santo Domingo, so I couldn't give my opinion. Baby was born at 3.50pm, at that moment I was waiting for my suitcase in the airport. I could have been on time to be present at the moment of birth if they hadn't hurried up the process.
At of this year number 4 is due to arrive. Most likely she will give birth here, but from the start we have been looking for a gynecologist that is not only saying he/she is pro-parto natural, but also shows it. And we are changing from Corazones Unidos to Abel Gonzalez.