When I was pregnant, I went to Lowcountry Women's Specialits for all of my prenatal care. However, I did not see a doctor even one time. I always saw midwives. They say the doctors see all of the high-risk pregnancies. Well, what is considered high-risk? I had preeclampsia and for the greater part of my pregnancy I was having to go once a month to MUSC for ultrasounds because of possible abnormalities of my baby (none of which occurred thankfully). I don't have a problem with seeing a midwife, but I saw a different midwife everytime. I wanted to go to the same person each time so they would know more about me. I requested to continue to see the same midwife but was told that even if I saw the same midwife throughout my entire pregnancy, the baby would be delivered by the midwife on call, no matter who it was. So I tried to get to know each midwife by seeing them all thoughout my pregnancy. I liked them all except for two of them. One midwife in particular, and I don't want to name names, was very rude and laughed at me when I asked her a question. And my first visit with her, she wrote down that I was on Medicaid without even checking, I guess because I am young she assumed I'm unmarried and on Medicaid. (I was on my husband's insurance, not Medicaid).Another midwife checked my baby's heartrate with the fetal monitor and then said ""ok that's all today"" and walked out of the room--she didn't even say ""hi"" or ""bye"" or anything! Then at the end of my pregnancy, the same midwife saw that my b. pressure was 145 over 92, and said not to worry because they ""only care when the top number is over 145, not right at 145, and never care about the bottom number"". I asked my primary care physician about that and he said that was a very dangerous way to think about b. pressure, especially in a woman who is overdue. The next day I was back at LCWS and a nicer midwife who was at the office that day had me admitted to the hospital to be induced due to preeclampsia.
Pros: Nice office staff, some midwives are nice
Cons: Long waiting time, some midwives are very rude with no beside manner
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