I had my first baby in September 2024 at a planned home birth with Julie and Kara. I don't doubt…read morethat people have had positive experiences with them, but I felt unsupported and unsafe in their care when it mattered most. If I had seen a story like mine I would have chosen a different provider, and I hope to give others an opportunity to make a fully informed decision. The week leading up to my labor was when things began to take a turn. I reached out to Julie when I noticed a green discharge a day concerned that it might be amniotic fluid. She dismissed my concern after reviewing a photo. 4 days later I went into spontaneous labor. Julie forgot to take my temperature when she arrived. One hour after my daughter was born, she used traction to help deliver the placenta and I subsequently had a postpartum hemorrhage and lost 2 liters of blood. I then transferred to the hospital. Once there, I got confirmation that my membranes had been ruptured for close to 5 days as I had a high fever and elevated white blood cell count. I want to say that I am grateful for Julie's persistence when my uterus was failing to contract and I was bleeding. She diligently performed fundal massage and made sure I received the medication I needed. I believe these were life saving interventions. However, there were other actions that left me feeling unsafe and unsupported at the same time. - Julie asked Kara to set up an IV after I had lost the blood, and Kara was extremely hesitant to do so. Then she attempted to, blew out the vein in my hand and didn't try again. - Julie and Kara squabbled with each other about how to move forward when the placenta still hadn't been delivered. - Julie was not proactive in calling an ambulance or recommending we do so after I lost a large volume of blood. Instead, she asked me if I wanted her to call an ambulance as I was losing consciousness and was hardly in a position to make that decision. - Julie dragged her feet coming to my home once active labor started, not taking me seriously as a first time mom. Finally, when I brought up my concerns to Julie about my experience, she was very dismissive and defensive. She blamed her absenteeism during my labor on the fact that she had 11 births to attend that month, and told me I was lucky to have had a fast first labor but that most people don't. And she essentially admitted to being like OBGYNs that only show up for the birth because she has so many births to attend. Julie and Kara presented themselves as proactive, but when issues arose that was not my experience. And in addition, they do lip service to being unlike OBs and being present, yet really expect to swoop in at the 11th hour to catch your baby. In many instances they abdicated their responsibility and I strongly believe that sheer luck kept things from ending tragically for myself and my daughter.

Having a baby is a big deal, we all know that. However, having a team who will support you and…read moreguide you through your pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum is huge. I switched from my normal OBGYN to Kara and Julie when I was 15 weeks pregnant. I attended one of their open house events to get to know them more and understand their philosophy. I had such a different experience from the OBGYN office the moment I stepped in their doorway. Crowded, busy, waiting room? NOPE. Rude receptionist who has no idea who you are, NOPE. Cheese Alert Warning: Midwife Women's Wellness makes me feel at home. Their office is setup to feel homey with numerous couches, play toys for little ones, and no snarky receptionist. I met with Julie the majority of my prenatal checkups and she's my favorite little firecracker. She's honest, forthcoming, and sassy. I did see Kara a few times just in case she was the midwife on call during my delivery and she was! Kara is sweet, gentle, and encouraging. Many people use midwives to have a "natural" birth, but that was never my plan. I knew I would probably end up using an epidural, but I wanted the person delivering my precious girl to actually know my name and have a relationship with me. Yes, I delivered in a hospital. Yes, I used an epidural. But having Kara there through the whole process was amazing. Even at the hospital the day after my baby was born, a nurse commented on how impressed she was that Kara came and checked on me and spent over an hour with us. OBGYNs never do that. Much love to my two favorite midwives!

I love Dr. Giedt, she's nice, attentive, professional and has a great bedside manner. The downside…read moreto being so great is that she's hard to get in to see without having to schedule months in advance. I guess that's the price I pay then. I recommend her to anyone looking for a dependable gynecologist.

Dr. Giedt delivered my daughter, and she was incredible. In fact, all the doctors that I met…read morethroughout the course of my pregnancy were great. Would highly recommend!

The office staff, physicians and sonographers are so friendly and caring each time I come in for an…read moreappointment. I have been a patient here for well over 20 years. Today, I want to thank Maryann, sonographer for the extra time she took with me to explain the entire process, just to put me at ease. Additionally, she also used just the right amount of gel for a flawless procedure. If you have a choice for your next ultrasound, she's the one to see!!

On my first pregnancy, she was awesome, she caught that I had the hr factor, that I had gestational…read morediabetes and postpartum depression. I am forever grateful for that and she was amazing for my first pregnancy. Second pregnancy came around and I could sense that something was wrong with baby number 2. Thinking back, I kept telling Jeane and she dismissed over and over the way I felt every time I came in and did not take my word seriously. I ended up, at 20 weeks going in to find the gender of our baby, only to actually find out he had NO Heartbeat. To make matters worse, after my choice of giving birth to him, she wrote him down as 17 weeks so he was not considered a real child, no death certificate or stillborn certificate and basically acted like it was a bother to go back and change records after I suggested so. I ended up going elsewhere to have a third child after two other miscarriages and it was the best decision. Please advocate for yourself and get second opinions if you feel like you are not being listened to.

From the minute we walked into your office-I KNEW we were at the right place. The ENTIRE staff…read morefrom check-in to post-op have been excellent. Dr Sneed is truly a ROCK STAR and what a great personality! Communication before surgery put us at total ease. Excellent explanations with every question thoroughly answered. At this office you can tell that it is a true TEAM effort which is hard to come by in today's wild world. Thanks to each one of you-you changed a life that was much in need- she (Miss Rose) is doing fantastic! If you are needing gynecological care, don't put it off - Dr. Sneed and her staff can help you.

Dr Sneed might be the best doctor I've seen in years! She's so passionate about what she does-a…read moregreat advocate for women's health. She spent time listening came up with a plan that worked for me and was able to correct the issue with surgery and I am thrilled with the result. Her NP, Brooke, is also wonderful.

The physicians and other staff have always made me feel at ease with any questions I have had…read moreregarding my pregnancies. They have walked me through both a pregnancy loss and healthy pregnancy. As heartbreaking as the loss was, the staff was very sensitive and supportive through it. Dr. Sarah Baldassaro is amazing! I definitely recommend this place to anyone looking for an OB-GYN.

TLDR: I did not feel cared for, supported, or welcomed at this practice except when with the kind…read morenurses (they do have the best nurses!). This practice is not physician-owned, but is a subsidiary of HCA Health. In other words, the doctors are employees (of HCA) and not owners of their own practice. I realized this after I had been visiting the office several months into my pregnancy during the most vulnerable period of my life when I needed the most support. Unfortunately, the fact that they are employees and not owners was, I felt, reflected in the level of care I received while pregnant. Early during pregnancy, I thought I might have a serious condition (which thankfully turned out just to be muscle strain), and when I called to ask if I could speak with a doctor or go in to be seen as I thought this might be an emergency, I was told they do not for any reason accept walk-ins, even for established patients, and that I could go to an ER (ER doctors are notoriously ignorant regarding OB issues and would have been of no help). I was very surprised that they would tell an established and concerned pregnant patient with a developing baby to go take her concerns to a random doctor who is not an OB. The doctors also would not call me back-I got a call back from a nurse. Again, these OBs are employees, so the level of ownership and care will be different from what one would expect from a physician-owned office. Most of my points of contact were with Dr Baldassaro and Dr Ahmed, the former who maintained an air of brisk professionalism, whatever her personal feelings toward me might have been, while the latter was unable to do even that. (Dr Parks and Dr Foster were lovely. I had the fewest points of contact with them, but they were professional and approachable in my one interaction with them each.) Dr Ahmed's demeanor and speech dripped with annoyance and disdain. At one point, she told me my birth would cost "70-80k" (though insurance would cover most of it) because of all of the different costs that would add up, "like the NICU"-a strange statement to make considering I had had a healthy pregnancy without any indications my baby would need the NICU (the birth ended up costing $10,000 and my baby never ended up in the NICU). When I expressed my concerns about certain procedures (like getting six ultrasounds in the last two months of pregnancy after I had already had three ultrasounds prior-the six additional ones I felt were excessive and unnecessary, though I understood the financial incentives for them as a business), and said I had googled the necessity and potential risks of getting so many ultrasounds, I was swiftly rebuked; "Google is the WORST place to get medical advice," Ahmed replied condescendingly. (I personally disagree and learned a lot from my Internet searches during pregnancy.) I was also pressured to induce my baby at 39 weeks because I had high blood pressure one afternoon (which dropped that evening and remained lower for the remainder of my pregnancy), a couple symptoms of preeclampsia, and the fact that I was of advanced maternal age (I had been 35 for three months). I was repeatedly told that there would be "no benefits" to waiting a single day more. I pushed back and insisted on not inducing until the 41st week. Dr Ahmed was clearly displeased with my decision not to immediately induce and reminded me that since I had signs of preeclampsia, I could have a stillbirth or suffer terrible, life-threatening consequences myself (including potentially "a stroke"), but she said she could not "force me" to stay and get induced if I did not want to, so I went home. I wanted to have a natural, spontaneous, unmedicated labor if possible, which I knew would be nearly impossible if I were induced (pitocin, the drug that is used to induce labor, causes artificially intense contractions, which almost always leads to an epidural because of the intense pain). I went home and a week later, went into spontaneous labor at 40 weeks, and had the quickest birth of my dreams at the hospital without an epidural or any complications. My baby was perfectly healthy, as was I. I hardly bled (I was told by the nurses I bled about 1/4 of the average amount), in large part I think because I did not listen to the OB's advice to take two baby aspirins daily during my pregnancy, which they had recommended due to my age (I went home and googled the side effects of taking two baby aspirins daily, and one was that I might bleed more during labor and delivery-so I skipped the aspirins). I realized I felt anxious and a sense of dread at every visit to this office, so as soon as I completed my required post-partum visit here, I decided to look elsewhere for an OB who would offer kind, compassionate, and supportive care.

Was referred by my PCP and she spoke highly of the care here. Unfortunately, when I called to set…read moreup an appointment I was met with the most unprofessional receptionist. After waiting a significant time on hold when she answered she was immediately rude and condescending. I had questions about what type of appointment my needs would be and she scoffed at my lack of understanding. She then told me I would need to find my birth control records from over 10 years ago to even schedule an appointment. I asked why and she told me her providers are so booked in advance I should just try somewhere else and hung up. I'm sure the providers here are lovely but you seriously need a new receptionist. She's the first person people speak to so she's the face of your company and it's not a nice face.

Dr. Swartzman delivered 4 of my children 20+ years ago, so when my daughter needed an urgent…read moreappointment with a GYN, I naturally tried to go where I knew she would be well taken care of. With that being said, I called to schedule an appointment for her after being seen in the ER for a severe prolapsed uterus, and was told we can't schedule an appointment until the records are received and reviewed from the ER. Excuse me??? Then, the receptionist said it will likely still be February before she could be seen. No sense of urgency. No empathy. No let me take a message and have a nurse call you back to see if she needs to be seen/worked in.

My experience with Dr. Lyda Pung was terrible. I saw her because I was having stabbing pain daily…read morein the region of my cervix and hadn't had a period in almost two years with no symptoms of menopause and no pregnancy. I had been seen at the ER, where they found a fibroid taking up about half of my uterus. She brushed off my concerns about the lack of periods and about the fibroid entirely and prescribed depo as a stab in the dark to try to manage the pain. It did control the pain but at my size I couldn't afford to gain the 30lbs it made me put on so I stopped it. She never suggested any follow-up imaging to see if the fibroid was stable and when I insisted on it, after I received the results I got a call from her office that it was stable in size. I had already compared the results, and the fibroid had in fact more than doubled in volume! I pointed this out and when the nurse called me back after talking to Dr. Pung, I was told they never received the original ultrasound. How could they say my fibroid was stable in size if they have no basis for comparison? They flat out lied to me. I wouldn't trust Lyda Pung as far as I could throw her.

I had my first baby with them! They are amazing! I absolutely love it here, I'm not pregnant again…read moreand they know exactly what to do!

Mary is pure magic. I came to her in a very depressed state, filled with anxiety and depression…read moreafter a miscarriage and then 1.5 years of infertility trying to get pregnant again. I came to her as my last ditch effort before I went the IVF route. Mary had a candid conversation with me about my anxiety and depression and wanted to focus on that to just better my all around mental health along with my physical. She told me in my first appointment. "We will have you pregnant in 3 months" I followed all her advice and schedule and I was pregnant with my beautiful baby girl 2 months later. I had an amazing pregnancy as well, I continued treatment the whole time I was pregnant. 2 years after my daughter, I found out I was pregnant, completely naturally, my first call was to Mary to make sure I did everything the same way! I am 1 month away from delivering my second baby girl and I owe all of this to Mary, I don't think I would be a mom without her. I refer her to all my friends and family members!

Mary is so intuitive and helpful. I was referred to her my one of my clients who went to Mary for…read morepregnancy help too. Mary is very helpful because she gives you hope and her approach is hands on and makes you feel in control of your health and body. Mary helped me almost cure my hs (inflammatory disease) and also help me have my 2nd child. I was diagnosed with pcos over 10 years ago. I have had very inconsistent periods my whole life. I am 30 years old. I would get 1-3 periods a year. Mary recommended Chinese herbs, diet changes and life style changes. My husband and I made a lot of changes together and he began to see Mary for acupuncture once a week for about 2-3 months. I saw Mary for a total of 3-4 months and then I was pregnant. I had 2 consecutive periods for the first time in my life, After the first month of making these lifestyle changes and seeing Mary for acupuncture. Mary has been supportive and helpful along my journey! She encourages me to be patient and be positive. She has a great sense of humor. If you have tried everything and had many doctors not be able to help, and nothing has worked for you SEE MARY! She has changed my life and given me so much hope for my future and my health. I am now 5 months pregnant and still seeing Mary! I love her! She is fantastic! I front recommend her enough!!