I have been to Baptist Memorial - Desoto 3 times in the last 4 months only because they are the closest to my home. I gave birth there Nov. of 2012 with my second child. It was not a wonderful experience like my first birth. The doctor (Kumar) was very rude and was very annoyed that I demanded to speak directly to a doctor instead of having messages relayed to me by nurses after being hospitalized for over 24 hours for monitoring of the baby. I had a birth plan but of course that all went out the window. They kept me hooked up to the monitors during the entire labor, which makes managing pain naturally very difficult. The woman that gave me the epidural was even more rude than the doctor demanding answers to questions while contractions are coming nonstop. All of which answers were allready answered previously and should have been in my file. The nurses were ok but seemed to be happy to leave me alone in my room unless the monitors went off. The pain management was very unreliable. If you can help it do not have your baby there. I also had to take my newborn to the ER twice already for sickness. The ER waiting room and hospital rooms are really gross (dirty). The ER staff was fine but both times we were there for 9-12 hours which I find rediculous. \r
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