Southwest Obstetrics Gynecology Ltd

I was a patient here for 8 years. I’ve only had two complaints. The first, the long waits. If it were County, you’d probably die in the waiting room. The second, Helen Nikolas.
At one of my first ever gyno appts (when I was about 18) she was rude, brash, and just an awful person. After that appt, I always scheduled future appts around the other doctors’ schedules, so I never had her again. On the upside, the staff has always been courteous, friendly, helpful and compassionate… especially the nurses.
When I became pregnant, my appt was made for when I would be around 8 weeks. Naturally, the doctor that saw me was Nikolas. I don’t know if this woman is always having a bad day, but the minute she walked into the room, she looks at my boyfriend (whom I’ve been dating for years) and me and goes, «So this wasn’t a planned pregnancy was it?»
Throughout the whole appt she was rude, brash and extremely judgmental. The appt only got worse and the tears just kept on coming. I was extremely sad bc she made me feel so uncomfortable and this woman tells me: «I need a mom right now, pull it together.»
Additionally, Nickolas kicked my boot that was on the floor out of the way (still pisses me off) and didn’t offer advice or what should have been, ‘doctor talk’ in regards to the pregnancy, at all. After she felt my uterus she didn’t even tell me how far along I felt, maybe I should’ve just known? But this was my first pregnancy and everything was sooo new to me.
Consequently, Nickolas never even told me when my due date would be. This cold-​hearted woman, obviously could careless about my pregnancy as a whole. I was extremely excited prior to the visit. I mean, come on, it’s my first baby. We were scared, excited and walked in there wanting our questions answered. Well, we left the office (me in tears, of course), even more scared, defeated and had even more questions that went unanswered.
I spoke to a nurse after the doctor left. Nikolas was in my room for a total of 15 minutes, which I was told that your first OB appt takes a very long time because the doctor goes through EVERYTHING with a new mom. The nurse gave me all the information the doctor didn’t, including my due date. I still don’t have an ultrasound though.
I can honestly say this was the worst experiences of my life and I would never want a new mom or an existing mom to go through something like I did! Hell — being a new mom is scary enough, why would you want to see a doctor to scare you even more?
Oh yes, how could I forget. Nickolas even spoke to my boyfriend and told him that it’s not necessary for the man to cut the umbilical cord, «That’s what you people pay me for.»
Great doctor.
Additionally, after I posted this review to their Oak Lawn office, Nickolas called me to drop me as Southwest OB’s patient. Maybe it was her call for she saw the review and didn’t want the rest of the practice knowing. Maybe it was a group vote to drop me since I wrote a negative review on her. For the other doctors in the practice to keep this woman in the practice is disgusting. For me to speak how I felt on Unilocal and days later, dropping me as a patient is even more disgusting.
Rant over :)