Mel Boone, MD

I am saddened to write this but happy to have my baby boy safe and sound and in this world.
I went with Dr Boone as he seemed to share and respect alot of my values. I do not like being treated like just another patient. I prefer to know everything in advance that is going to happen and to be apart of the decision making process for my care as much as possible.
Until I was in third trimester, everything was GRAND! I got in and out of his office JUST FINE. His front office staff couldn’t seem to understand that some people work nights though and refused to schedule me for my glocose test in the afternoon though I have had 2 other children and knew to fast… Also they make your next appointment without consulting you first which resulted in me ALWAYS having to reschedule… very annoying.
After I hit 3^rd trimester and was huge, my wait times kept going up with me waiting at one time 45 minutes before having to walk out as I had another appointment to go get to. (I own a business and again had waited over 45 minutes alone in the office room and 15 in the waiitng area!). I even had another doctor telling me at 39 weeks that I was due soon as if I had no clue… this was as I was walking out.
Dr Boone, when I could see him (due to my schedule sometimes I had to see others in the practice which is FINE with me), started just wanting to schedule me to induce at 38 weeks. I really wanted a natural birth in the babies own time. I only had ONE ultrasound very early on so the date could have been off. I know with my 2^nd son, his due date changed 7 times! (My first was high risk so they did frequent ultrasounds with my 2^nd but he came out just fine thankfully!).
I waited till 42 weeks to the day and that day was literal hell. I went in late (I called the day before but they wouldnt push back the time but told me to come in when I could) due to my first son who is special needs. I immediately was told i would be hooked up to pitocin though I requested not to use pitocin as there are MANY alternatives. I was checked and was 3 cm dialated and after some resistance, Dr Boone used alternative methods to induce me. Using the pumping method, in an hour I went to 5 cm but apparently that was too slow for Dr Boone. He continued to want pitocin! I was PROGRESSING! All he wanted to do was break my water and give me pitocin and get it done and over with. He insinuated that my past OBGYNS were all female (both were male) and that I was only going with what females thought. He acted as if I had no clue what I was talking about. He brought up scary stories that had no bearing on the situation I was currently in (even by his own admission!).
He had a resident doctor in there that wanted to talk to me and assuage my fears and discuss options but he kept talking over both her and myself.
It ended with him yelling and screaming at me and walking out because I really did not feel pitocin was needed at that point. I was in tears and scared. I ended up leaving and going to another hospital. Before I left, the nurse hugged me though and told me how wrong he was. She could not believe his level of unprofesisonalism at least in the moment.
I successfully had my son the next morning with NO medical intervention needed. No pitocin at all.
So why the 3 star and not 1? Perhaps he had a bad day. I know I have a mother and sister in the medical field and many friends. I know that as a doctor, he isn’t awful and I have to believe he did have my best interest at heart though he wasn’t listening to my fears and concerns in the moment. I am also again, the mother of special needs son, I too can blow my fuse and regret my actions.
I still would suggest him but my ending experiences were less than stellar and worthy of noting.