My warning may seem extreme but Marymikel Penn is an extreme controlling person. Her birthing classes though they are helpful are very unproffesional to watch. She is not at all interested in what you have to say she just loves to talk. She is absolutely against the medical community and does not prepare you at all in case of an emergency. Luckily we found out I could not do a home birth two weeks before my due date. Instead of helping me research my options she shut me out when she found out I wanted to meet with other doctors in the community other than the one she recommended. Then she tried to charge our insurance for emergency transport and birthing services. We had a scheduled date and my husband drove me to the hospital. She is overbearing, unproffessional, and only has dollar signs on her mind. She hides behind her knowledge not her love of birhting she is just in it for the money. Beware- there are other loving, caring, and more genuine midwives out there.
Pros: Midwives are wonderful just not her
Cons: she is a control freak
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