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When I found out I was pregnant with my first child, I looked at website reviews, such as this one, in selecting which practice I would go with. Thinking it would be great to have a practice with 5 women, most of whom would have experienced childbirth themselves, I switched from my male GYN and picked Associates. As long as my pregnancy was trouble-free, I was ambivalent about the care I was receiving-we certainly never had the warm fuzzies about anyone there, but no major complaints besides feeling ""processed through"" at each visit. \r
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However, once I ran into major problems at 27-weeks and ended up in the hospital, I realized I was at a practice that was WAY too big for personal attention and all-too-easy to get lost in the shuffle. Doctors make you feel rushed for the most part, several are just plain gruff & grouchy, and even after having been there my entire pregnancy, a good stretch of which for weekly visits or even more often, I had to explain my situation again nearly every time to techs and DOCTORS alike-which was ridiculous, frustrating, and time-consuming. At each visit, I felt ""processed through""-and several problems were uncovered due to my insistence at testing rather than doctors being proactive. After my baby was born, I ended up back in the hospital for a week with a raging infection and stroke-level vitals, no bedside manner and care at my illness and having to be away from my newborn, severing feeding establishment, etc. At my 6-week check-up, no ""how are you feeling"", or, more importantly ""how is your baby"", just ""here's your birth control - bye"" -UGH. They make too much money off each patient to act like that.\r
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I have two friends who tried them as well-one left for another practice following several visits where she and her husband were made to feel her questions and concerns were ignored, and one who, like me, is too far along to switch practices at this point - but like me, will not be going back to them again for baby #2.
Pros: Receptionist always very kind and thoughtful; several good nurses
Cons: There is no greater miracle than bringing a baby into this world - this practice has THOROUGHLY forgotten that
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