Planned Parenthood College Avenue Sarah Weddington Center

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I’ve had two of the most life changing experience, and this is the place where I thought I could run to. After finding out I was pregnant, I made an appointment at this planned parenthood to confirm. The person who brought me in made me feel at ease and did confirm that I was 7weeks pregnant. I was scared but after it sank in, I was really excited and told my boyfriend. The very same day I started bleeding heavily :(. I had anxiety because I was certain I had a miscarriage, and also didn’t have health insurance and planned parenthood no longer give free care to pregnant women. So my boyfriend and I booked an ultrasound two days after and ended up paying $ 130. This is what pissed me off. Having extreme anxiety while driving to planned parenthood, we waited and waited in the lobby 30 minutes after our appointment. They finally called me in and said my boyfriend had to wait outside. Fine. I told her about the bleeding after she explained ultrasound procedures, and went on and on about miscarriage and telling me about some blood work I need to do and what not. I told her to please stop and give me my ultrasound I paid for. She said she would be right back, that she wants to talk to the clinician and left the room. At this time my anxiety was up the roof!!! She was gone for 15 minutes while I was in the room alone not knowing if my baby had a heartbeat or not. So finally she came in, and said that she’s not doing the ultrasound, that the clinician said to do blood work and tests and BLAH BLAH BLAH that costed around $ 300. Wtf!!! I told her I dot want to do that because 1) the clinician wasn’t even AVAILABLE, that she went to take her 30 minute lunch, so I had to wait for her and 2) I did not plan to pay that much nor was I able to because that place didn’t take cards. I told the tech I want my ultrasound, and she again said she couldn’t do it. I told her I came to pay for an ultrasound, FORGET about my bleeding and tell me if my baby has a heartbeat. She told me she’d be right back and left to see the clinician again for another 15 minutes. At this point I was crying, I was angry and I was afraid. Then she came back and told me she would do it, but if baby had no heartbeat I have to take two blood tests for $ 14. How did $ 300 go to $ 14?! Anyways… since I was early on I had to do a vaginal ultrasound, and it was the most PAINFUL feeling ever. Turns out my baby DID have a heartbeat. And I was 7 weeks along :)
I write this review today because I attended CAPS pregnancy service, and I couldn’t be any happier with that decision. My nurse at caps asked me to insert the vaginal ultrasound in me, and was ever so gently after that where I hardly felt a thing, unlike the tech at this location who shoved it in.
I’m really disappointed with this planned parenthood, pregnancy is a beautiful, happy and exciting thing and this place just gave me a negative vibe. Avoid !!!

Wait takes a while but they have the friendliest staff compared to other Pphs I have been to

Usually when I come to this location I have no complaints. I come here just for birth control refill and the lady over the counter makes me sign another paper for what birth control and if I need condoms or other misc things. I came 15 mins before my appt hoping to not waste as much time. After two other people with the same appt time as me walked in and left before me when they came at their schedule appt time. I was low key frustrated not going to lie because what’s the point of me coming early so I could just be pushed back. Whatever. I wait for my birth control and after I go in the front and the lady checking in people asks me if I got everything. I replied no that they forgot an item I marked down on the paper she made me fill out. She replied with «they didn’t mark that down», and I replied I know I marked it down on the paper you gave me. So she sends me back into the same room and I wait another 40 minutes for a mistake in their part. Also, I’m pretty sure they forgot about me because different staff members opened the room with other patients and seemed surprised to see me in here. This is a unprofessional front desk staff and it sucks I had to waste additional time for a mistake of the staff.

Im a fan of this location as I’ve been to others and this one, by far has the most friendly staff. The clinicians are awesome as are the nurses and front desk. Sometimes they lag a little but seeing as I’ve never paid for service I take it as not that big a deal. Dont be nervous ladies and dont let the lack of insurance keep you from keeping yourself checked on and healthy! This is the only location that will give me bc for a year and not hassle me with questions each time.

So I kinda expected the scene in Juno where that Asian chick harasses her about her baby having fingernails. Luckily, there were no picketers. Also, disappointingly… that woulda made the experience extra shifty.
Best birth control method-​a planned parenthood waiting room. Holy crap it’s like a prerequisite that if you have kids they must go completely nuts in the waiting room. I was kinda nervous to even sit on the chair for fear of catching it. (The pregs that is… now that I think of it I coulda caught a whole gang a shit…) anywho, I really like planned parenthood now that I’m a total degenerate with no insurance. The staff is friendly and knowledgable. The medical assistant that helped me used to work for scripps. The md was awesome as well.
I walked out of there with 13 packs of bc, a couple plan b’s (in case plan a backfires.?) and a grip of condoms (LOL who uses those?). I also got a sweet CA gimmefreeshit ID card. I feel like a WIC collector or something and I kinda like it.

I have utilized the incredible resource that is PP for years, off and on. This location is pretty great. One of the fastest at getting me an appointment, and getting me in-​n-​out. The nurses are friendly and helpful.
Hands down one of the best locations I have been to in San Diego.

Dropping my rating to 2 stars. I’ll make it short and sweet (may be a little TMI for men, be forewarned):
1.) They lost my records from my previous health clinic and or they were too dumb to request my health records. I’ll never know, but I do remember an incompetent person calling my CELL number several times because they thought it was the fax number for my health clinic. It wasn’t until I called their hotline to tell them to stop calling my cell phone and leaving strange beeping voicemails. I got an apology soon afterwards, but how could you be faxing my own cell when clearly I put down the actual fax number for my own clinic which was in a separate, designated area of the form?
2.) Overcrowded. I could not schedule an appointment and the girl on the other line was being incredibly difficult.
3.) Lastly… and this is the kicker (and you all are probably gonna laugh at me for this one)…the nurse (prior to looking at me) accused me of having HSV-​II based on my «symptoms». WTF??? Just because the majority of the people YOU see have HSV-​II doesn’t mean the rest of us do. When it comes to my sexual health, I’m pretty diligent about it, especially since I’m not in a serious relationship. And while I know HSV-​II is a very common virus and is nothing to be ashamed about, I’m *pretty* sure I’d know if I had HSV-​ii and I would inquire about that specifically.
Later on it turns out that she was wrong and I was right. She couldn’t find anything wrong with me and I was diagnosed with a yeast (which is what I initially thought I had and NOT an STD, but I came in there to double-​check wih a clinical professional). The symptoms went away almost immediately after I took some medicine. Geez.

I have had multiple horrible experiences at the Kearny Mesa location, so I am so relieved that this location is the exact opposite. Yesterday was for an appointment to go over options for birthcontrol, and due to the fact that I have had migranes with halos in the past my options are limited. My nurse was the best I’ve ever had! She listened to my concerns and answered all of my questions. I have tried almost everything out there, with terrible side effects. Since the protocol for patients with migranes like mine has changed, not a single doctor at planned parenthood has had extensive knowledge about other alternatives. My nurse helped me decide which would be the best to take and gave me detailed information so I was well informed. She covered everything and I could not be happier.
This staff at this location really do care about their patients and treat you like a person, not just a file.

After a mishap at the pharmacy I was sent to Planed Parenthood to get a refill on birth control, ie stuff they are supposed to hand out like candy in there…
If you have insurance, forget about it.
Why do I need a 25 dollar appointment with the nurse when I’ve already have recent checkups and not to mention my own doctor… Paying the difference for a prescription would have been fine by me especially when I have an empty package of pills with my name on it and a photo ID to accompany it?
And for the record that grimy looking waiting room they featured in Juno must have been filmed at this location. I wouldn’t trust these ladies behind the counter for any kind of assistance if you catch my drift…