South Cobb OB Gyn

When I was just a regular patient, I loved them too! Dr. Malik was the first doctor to suggest clomid and not say negative fertility things to me. I was happy. BUT when I got pregnant on my own, that when things changed.
I am overweight and older. So I was classified as hi-​risk. I rarely saw an actual doctor. I just got bounced around to different mid-​wives. They fussed at me for gaining 1 pound in a month… and that’s when I guess I started to get defensive. The next month, I was rubbed raw trying to find the baby’s heart beat and the mid-​wife didn’t seem to care. She didn’t say sorry or stop when I was almost in tears and there was blood from being rubbed raw. I know I am overweight, but this was the miracle baby I had waited for… I wasn’t going to do anything to sabotage my baby’s health or mine during pregnancy. When I finally saw a doctor, he was very knowledgeable, but had no bedside manner. He was shocked that when he said c-​section, I requested stitches instead of staples. (I have 3 other overweight friends who had issues with their staples so I didn’t want that.).
I had to wait over an hour twice for blood work because of «miscommunications» as they call it because the blood drawer was confused once and didn’t see me the other time.
Billing department wasn’t much better. They demanded money for future services, but wouldn’t bill me until later. I have to have a bill to turn into my flexible medical spending account department. When I told them that, they acted like I was crazy. By the time they billed me, I didn’t owe them much since all the copays and deductible had been satisfied by the hi-​risk doctor instead.
I would go back to see Dr. Reynolds. He was the most patient and sympathetic person I saw. Gina, the mid-​wife, was sweet as well.
I wish the doctors’ office would understand that first time mothers are scared and anxious. We aren’t trying to be difficult… we are nervous. A little kindness and bedside manner goes a long way!