Hi,
Based on the posts here and info gathered from other sources, I' ve made a list of gynics in Hyd. Please share your experiences with each and help me choose the best. I' m looking for a friendly doctor with good patience, who supports normal deliveries. I want a hospital that has the best facilities and offers an epidural.

1. Dr Evita Fernandez- Fernandez Hospitals
2. Dr Kasturi - Fernandez Hospitals
3. Dr Shashikala - Vivekananda Hospitals.
4. Dr Hemalatha - Parvathi Nursing Home, Secbad
5. Dr Pranitha Reddy - Rainbow Hospitals

Please feel free to refer other doctors too.

Thanks a lot :)
Tulipz Vijaya replied. Please do not prefer this hospital. Their main target is normal deliver count and money. I' ve spent around 1L in this hospital. Inspite of that my kid is suffering with brain disorder due to doctor negligence. Dr.Name is Kasturi. Plz Plz think twice. Take care of your kid. Shachi replied. Dr. Manjula of Care hospital .I got my delivery done there. She is a good doctor . jhanshi replied. Dr. Kalpana Alexander
Maatrika hospital
somajiguda Vishwasri replied. Pls. help me..I want to have a boy in anyway. my husband family have five girls i want a boy is there any way that this can happen I was told to try the chineese calendar does that help?What is the website for the chinese calender to determine whether your having a boy or a girl? i heard about this, but don' t know hat website to trust. I' m very curious to find out. Sahithya replied. Hi Tulipz,
Yes i had an epidural delivery with Dr.Hemalatha.She generally will ask you to remind her at around 36 weeks when she will arrange a consultation with her anaesthetist.
Dr.Ranjiv was the anesthetist who gave me the epidural and he is excellent.He gives a small injection in the back and the pain is near gone, towards the end he reduced the medicine so that i would help in pushing the baby and that was it. Im definately going for an epidural for my next baby also.

Even those 3 hours without the injection were horrible - Apparantly they cant give you the medicine till you are ready and thus innitially i had to bear the pain for a while.

Best of luck
Sahithya Sahithya replied. Hi Tulipz,
I was in the same boat as you in 2006 when i was also new to hyderabad, having relocated from Bangalore when i was pregnant and was eagerly trying to find out a good gyneac for my delivery.
As both me and my husband are software consultants we enquired from among our friends and we were by and large recomended Dr.Hemalatha( Parvathi Nursing Home- Secunderabad).I had my daughter with her and to tell you the truth i enjoyed each and every moment of it.
She has a phenominal track record of conducting the most number of normal delivery and she practically sits with you till you deliver normally.She is very compasionate and understanding and really bonds with you. She makes you feel at home in her hospital.

The following are a few points which would help you choose a doctor for your delivery:

1. Choose a doctor who will be available 24X7 in the hospital- preferably who resides within the hospital premisis( Quite a few of them do reside in the hospital premisis ).It makes you feal very reassured that for an emergency you will at all times be able to get your doctor and not just her assistant or her junior doctor( My doctor lives within the hospital campus and she has a connection that gets her directly into the labour room complex from her house - which really reassured me during my labour)

2. Make sure that the doctor who you consult will be available for the delivery herself - in the night time or even at odd hours. Most of the doctors now believe in a group practise- like in Fernandez and Rainbow and in these hospitals as i am told the consultant you see for your monthly check ups may not be the one who will deliver you in case you go into labour at odd hours. Im sure the consultant on duty is well experienced but you will surely feel much better if you deliver with your own doctor who you have seen and interacted over the months and have developed a special relationship with. This is one of the reasons that i didnt go to Fernadez hospital- infact my first visit after my pregnancy was confirmed was with Dr.Evita Fernandiz at Fernandiz Hospital and i met a friend who was seeing her throughout her pregnancy and had gone in labour in the night and delivered with someone else.
That way i was rest assured that Dr.Hemalatha would be the one who would deliver me and thus i chose her. Insite of her having a number of assistant gynaecologists on duty she makes it a point to deliver each and every patient by herself- and im sure she can do that only if she resides within the premisis.

3. Choose your doctor and hospital by the track record of the doctor- im sure if you enquire with friends or relatives they will tell you who is the best. Any amount of advertisement by a hospital or a doctor in the media just shows that they are commercial in nature and they are doing it for money. I was shocked to hear the add about rainbow hospital on FM radio when i was driving regarding how good a hospital it was for pregnancy and delivery.
Do not choose a hospital and doctor who advertises on radio and tv.
Relatives and friends will direct you to the best person.

4. Choose a hospital that gives epidural anaesthesia. It is a wonder drug that helped so much when i was in labour- and mind you i was in labour for a good 14 hours.

5. Choose a patient friendly hospital that is clean and modern.

We had a wonderful experience with Dr.Hemalatha and i strongly recomend her to all my friends and collegues and also to you.Just meet her and visit her hospital and im sure the rest will talk for herself.

I hope i have helped you a little bit in trying to find a good doctor,

Best of luck,

Sahithya Rao