PLZ READ ALL: How would you rate your prenatal care?
this is my first pregnancy and the care ive received is very dissatisfying! i go to a major hospital in atlanta for my prenatal care that has been dubbed as a hospital for poor people! I only went there for my prenatal care because i went there as a child almost everyday with my mom(memories), i like to go downtown, and i was born there:) I have GREAT insurance and could have went anywhere for my prenatal care but my mindstate was different when i found out i was pregnant. I was strangely nonchalant and was debating abortion so a good hospital was the last thing on my mind. I even missed several early app due to depression and laziness and when i realized what i was doing i stopped all that and made the trips. Most of the women down there are on medicaid or no insurance at all and i think thats alot of reason why we are treated the way we are. They feel as if we have no choice but to do services at there facility and have to put up with RIDICULOUS wait times and MUCH more trust me!!!!! I had a choice, my insurance covers pregnancy 100% but I chose that hospital because of the history I have with it and now im completely disgusted with it! My midwife is just so nast to me, she has been making slick demeaning comments towards me from day one. For example, yesterday was the first day I brought my babies dad in the room with me and she had the audacity to say ” Im assuming this is the babies father” as if i brought some random guy down there in the hospital with me. I babysit and the little girl came with me to a few app already so when i brought her yesterday, i was ticked that the bitch had the nerve to ask “whose going to watch your daughter when you go into labor” when ive told her before that the little girl is NOT my child and what kind of question was that anyways???? If she was my daughter i do have family or she could simply come with me. She didnt acknowledge either the father of my child or the little girl. I hate that i didnt switch to another hospital im now 37 weeks so its kinda too late. Who can I report her to? I havent had a pelvic exam to check how far the baby is all she said was yea i think shes head down, she finally realized i have warts and told me it wont harm the baby and then disrespected my babies father implying that if ive only been with him then clearly they came from him when ive told her before, ive had those things for long over a yr. and a half! Sorry for it being so drawn out and long but i needed to vent!!!!
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Are midwifes at all associated with a doctor? If they are that’s who i’d report her to. Or maybe there is someone in the hospital that takes those kind of complaints. I’d speak to someone in the practice she’s in and ask them who to report that kind of stuff to.
I love my OBGYN and nurse practioner that are covering my prenatal care! I choose the particular clinic because I have gone there since I was a child and have never been treated badly. They are always so nice and friendly and always willing to make me feel comfortable. I am sorry to hear about your situation with bad care, and it could be that you are right, that it is the location and ‘normal’ clients that are whats causing the horrible treatment. Although I am not really sure who you would report it to, I would try calling the hospital and talking to client relations or something like that there. Also, as much as it would be a pain to get a new provider at this point, if you are really unhappy with your care and feel that you don’t want to go through labor and delivery, I would suggest you find someone new. It isn’t too late until you have already given birth and you should feel comfortable about where you are and who is handling you medical treatment! Best of the luck and congrats!
Dh and I have amazing insurance and get no help from any other source. I have noticed my prenatal visits are amazing compared to dd who is 10 yrs old. With dd I did have medicaid and was young. Looking back I can honestly say I was treated like trash. At the time I just thought that was the way. You know when dd was born 8 lbs 11 1/2 ounces the Dr didn’t even give dh (we were not married at the time) the opportunity to cut her cord. She was healthy nothing wrong with her, but he didn’t even offer him that chance.
I’ll never forget when I called my ob (which is a different ob, but this one also deals with many young parents and women on medicaid) to make my first appointment. They asked if this was a planned pregnancy and I said yes they were actually shocked in a good way. She said they rarely get planned thought out pregnancies any more.
Anyway being 30, married, and having my own insurance I definitely can tell a difference then when I was 19, not married and on medicaid. If I had never had another child I wouldn’t of even thought I was treated different, but seeing the type of service I get compared to what I got before and what even family members (that use this ob) who are young unmarried on medicaid have gotten. I know this time around I am not being looked down on and before I was. Not just the type of care I receive, but the amount of care they give me. They go over and beyond what I expected just from my first pregnancy.