I've made many trips here while pregnant, and there is a lot to recommend. WC was suggested by my general practitioner, who shares office space with them.
When I joined there was one female ob/gyn, Michelle Goldin, and they've since added about 4-5 more. My first visit was with Michelle, but pregnant women are scheduled with all the docs, as the one who ultimately delivers your baby is the luck of the draw.
I received excellent medical care here. Every doc I saw was courteous, professional & willing to answer my many questions. For most appointments, the routine was this: pee in a cup, nurse takes your blood pressure/checks heartbeat, a doc feels your abdomen and takes measurements. Five min. of face time with a doctor isn't enough to really build a personal rapport.
I did see the sonographer, Kathy (forget her last name) three times, and she is a gem. Never met any medical professional so enthused about her job, and after many years! She was super friendly, funny and completely put me and my husband at ease. It's a joyful experience to see your child in utero, and Kathy made those moments everything you'd want them to be.
There's a humanistic side to medicine and, due to the limited time I spent with the docs, there was a slightly impersonal vibe I felt. It's a busy practice - there were 4 main ob/gyns out of this Arlington Heights office; now there are quite a few more - so perhaps that's not a fair judgment. Ultimately my delivery went well and I have a healthy child, so that's the most important thing to me.
But I do reluctantly dock them points for what happened at my 5-week post-natal checkup with the doctor who delivered my baby. He inquired how I was feeling. I began telling him how overwhelmed and out-of-it I was. He sort of cut me off and re-directed his question: "How are your stitches?"
Insensitive of him not to pursue what could have been full-blown postpartum depression. (I later got a prescription for Lexapro from a psychiatrist - yeah, those first few months were rough). Even my daughter's pediatrician expressed concern about how I was doing, mentally. So for a practice called WOMANCARE to ignore/discount a patient's state-of-mind after birth...well, it's hard to forgive.
In fairness, I'm speaking about one particular doctor. A different ob/gyn could and probably would be more empathetic. So take my experience for what it's worth. And know that I still go here, and would choose them for another pregnancy read more