Please make me feel better about delivering at Magee (Pittsburgh) - Page 2

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I delivered at Magee, and had a wonderful experience, even though things didn't go according to my birth plan due to a separated placenta and pre-e. I did use OBs instead of midwives, and I didn't labor in water, but I did like that they had a squat bar and birthing ball and other options available to me. I hated the beds in triage, but everything else went smoothly. The food, btw, is out of this world. My dh jokes that he wants to go visit random people to get a guest tray, because we both really liked the menu and the options that they give you. They were great about BFing, and had LC's in to see me within an hour of giving birth (and my dd came at 9 at night). The only real "issue" we had was that the foldout bed in the actual ROOM (not the LDR, but the room you stay in) wasn't big enough for my dh to sleep on. I am birthing at Magee again this time around and I am looking forward to my experience there. My nurses were amazing, and I found all of the staff to be wonderful and friendly and very supportive. I hope you have a good experience there - I know a few people who haven't, but the majority of everyone I've ever spoken to about it has had good experiences.

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I just found out I am 7 weeks pregnant so I google reviews on UPMC midwives and read great things so I called last week to make our first appointment with them.  They weren't able to see me until almost 3 weeks later but that was fine with me - I was just excited to make my first prenatal appointment ever.

Today I woke up to spotting/bleeding and was pretty concerned. I called the midwives to see if I could come in sooner for a blood test, ultrasound, something to reassure me that I wasn't having a miscarriage or low on progesterone which is easily fixable.  

I work in the same building as the midwives and was at magee when I made the call to them. The medical secretary quickly got a nurse/midwife for me after I explained my situation.  Apparently a nurse/midwife named Cara told me they couldn't do anything to help me because I 'wasn't a patient'. I was told to go the ER if I soak through a sanitary pad and pretty much a 'welp, good luck - you're not our problem'. I cried at work alone in a room wondering if I was miscarrying or would be soon thereafter.

An hour later I decided to call my fertility doctor whom I have a patient relationship with, also at UPMC Magee.  They couldn't help me either because I had gotten pregnant without their help (we tried clomid with them for 2 months after trying for 6 months, took a break from it and then became pregnant with this baby). I cried even harder again alone in a room wondering why I couldn't get help from any of the docs/midwives/nurses that I had or have been forming relationships with. 

I haven't seen my regular gyne because I had moved, changed insurances, etc.   I was in no man's land today and nobody at UPMC could've cared less.  Beware. They really don't care.