I have been going to this practice for at least the past 10 years. I have never felt satisfied with any service other than the actual yearly exam. I am now pregnant for the second time and I delivered my first child with this practice at the old MTMC about 5 years ago. During my first pregnancy I met with my doctor a few times and they do shift you around to the other doctors so you have a chance to meet each doctor in the practice because you never know who will actually deliver your baby. They were not very open to my birth plan, and are not friendly to those who know they want a natural childbirth. I was basically told how everything was going to go, but I was more forceful and said no, I want things a certain way, and eventually got what I wanted. I returned there for the first few visits for this pregnancy, which included 3 ultrasounds over 3 weeks to determine how far along I was. The nurses I saw were not very compassionate and I had to wait for 2 hours with each appointment! I think there is a major breakdown in the scheduling department and they overrun their nurses at least with too many appointments. There is never any reason for someone to wait 2 hours for what is ultimately 10-15 minutes in the room with the nurse. It is beyond ridiculous. I was also disgusted with a lady in the scheduling department when I called for my first OB appt. last month. I was given progesterone during my last pregnancy which they told me was to prevent miscarriage, so I wanted to be seen sooner because of this. The lady told me it would only be 3 more weeks before they would see me and I got a little hysterical. She did not care ONE BIT if I miscarried or not as long I just got off the phone and tried to make an appt for 3 weeks later. I was very upset by the lack of real care this practice has. I decided to find a new dr. and chose the nurse midwives at Vanderbilt. After requesting my records I got a letter from this practice saying since I am changing doctors they will no longer provide care for me in the future. Awful.
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