Re: Blue Shield OB GYN & a General Practitioner in SF
I don't know if she's accepting new patients, but my ob/gyn, Jane Fang, is completely amazing. She is warm, personal, kind, smart: I actually feel like she knows me and likes me, which is such a rare experience with medicine! I'm halfway through my second pregnancy with her and feel so lucky that she happened to be the one to deliver my son two years ago. I've referred several friends to her and everyone loves her. She's not conected to UCSF, but CPMC is also very well-respected (and I had a great experience with them). Her practice is Golden Gate Obstetrics and their number is (415) 666-1250. I've met the others in the group and I liked them, so if others are accepting new patients but she's not, it might be worth meeting them at least. Note: this practice does not allow you to bring a doula to the delivery room (they've had some bad experiences, I think), so if that's crucial to you, you should go elsewhere. (For what it's worth, I had a natural delivery with only my husband as labor support, so it can be done!) proud member of Jane Fang fan club!

Re: San Francisco ObGyn/GP
My experience at Golden Gate OB/GYN has been absolutely fabulous. Dr. Donna Wiggins has been my doctor since 1991, before she was even in the practice. I delivered two babies with the practice at CPMC (both times I was living in the east bay but chose to travel over the bridge because I like the practice so much), one was delivered by Dr. Fang (vaginal) and the other was delivered by Dr. Gailaif (emergency C-section). I very much disagree with the other poster's experience. The poster wrote that all members of the practice use forceps. Neither of my children had forceps used on them, and when I asked my doctor, she said they avoided it unless absolutely necessary, which, I think, is the standard of care. This was true even with my first, with whom I pushed for almost 3 hours when my labor slowed to every 7 - 8 minutes, and presumably forceps might have helped, but Dr. Fang very patiently waited in the room with me for over an hour until I got my daughter out all by myself. It is true that they don't have to remain in the hospital, but even with my emergency C-section, for which they had to call the doctor back, she was only about 15 minutes away. Also, this is true of many CPMC practices. And they absolutely do not do episiotomies unless the patient demands one, and even then they'll give you all the reasons why you don't need one. This is particularly true in light of new research showing that episiotomies are rarely, if ever necessary. I can't imagine a better practice than GG Ob/Gyn. Rebecca