There is an old saying that goes, "it's not how you begin, it's how you end." My experience with this doctor started off good but it did not end well. In fact it ended terribly and if I could give him zero stars, I definitely would. About 2 weeks before my delivery date the doctor went on vacation. I had no problem with this as I was timely informed and told that a substitute would take his place in his absence. Call it a mother's intuition but I knew that this substitute guy would not be delivering my baby. I knew that Nayak would be back before my baby was ready to be born. Throughout my entire pregnancy, I had excellent blood pressure as with everything else. My pregnancy was a normal healthy pregnancy. Nayak returned to office the day of my due date and I had an appointment with him a few days later. You would think that a doctor returning from vacation and seeing his patient (a first time mom and first time patient of his) would be happy/delighted to find out how I was doing and how the baby was doing but instead this man walked into the room where my husband and I were waiting for him with an attitude stinker than a skunk's spray. He did not ask how I was doing or nothing and his facial expression exuded annoyance. His attitude towards me and my husband was so distasteful that my husband asked him if he was okay and if he enjoyed his vacation in an effort to break up the discomfort that he was creating and he responded with a very cold and disinterested, "yes." Before going on vacation, Nayak did not have this attitude with us. It was as if a different person came back. He proceeded to take my blood pressure and for the first time in my pregnancy, it was a little bit higher than usual. Added to this my hubby and I had had a busy morning before getting to the doctor and I had not had my usual intake of water. I barely had a urine sample to give when it was requested. (All my previous urine samples were perfect.) Nayak then said that he wanted to monitor the baby's heart rate because of my BP increase. We (hubby & I) were taken to another room and I was hooked up to a monitor for a few minutes. The baby's heart rate was like a stallion; strong and vibrant - just like it had been throughout my entire pregnancy. Nayak noted this and then proceeded to TELL my husband and I that he was going to induce labor. How about ASKING us instead? Of course my husband and I proceeded to ask a barrage of questions and we were stressing the fact that our baby was not in danger and that my entire pregnancy had been awesome so why the sudden rush to induce labor? This particular appointment was on a Friday and he wanted to induce labor at 8/9 am on Monday. My husband and I began to oppose this. I know my body and I knew the connection that I had with the baby. I told the doctor that my baby would be born over the weekend. He continued to TELL us that he would be inducing labor on Monday. He had his forms ready for us to sign and was getting highly annoyed with the questions that we were asking. He was pressuring us to sign his paper to induce labor on Monday and refused to put out the option that instead of inducing labor, we could monitor the baby because nothing was wrong with him. I read his form thoroughly and realized that the option to monitor the baby was on the form. I signed the form because of this and then Nayak proceeded to tell me to cross out the alternative section that gave me the option to monitor my baby. I told him, "Absolutely not. I will definitely not be crossing out that option." He then gave us a paper and told us to call the hospital and register for an induced labor when we left his office. LOL! My husband and I NEVER did this. I knew my baby would be born naturally over the weekend. Early Saturday night I started to have contractions which intensified, my water broke late Saturday night and my hubby and I went to the hospital early Sunday morning. On Sunday morning at 8 am (at the hospital) I got a phone call from Nayak. I thought the doctor would be happy to see that I went into natural labor and so I got on the phone cheerily and greeted him with a vibrant good morning. This CALLOUS man was like a vicious pitbull, "I'm starting you on pitocin at 9!. I said,"excuse me?" "I'm starting you on pitocin at 9!" I asked him what his rush was seeing that I'd already started the labor process and my body was contracting on its own (naturally). He gave some bullshit answer about endangering the baby. Was he serious? Using pitocin posed a far higher risk than natural labor. He got angry with me and began to raise his voice. I was shocked. I stood my ground - LET LABOR HAPPEN ON ITS OWN. He decided not to deliver my baby but guess what, I was happy that he wouldn't be there with his stink attitude to deliver such a pure soul. One of the hospital doctors delivered my baby and he was amazing! He was kind and reassuring. In fact all of the hospital staff at Regional Medical were awesome!Nayak = 0s read more