1/5 Marina R. 1 year ago on Google
I
would
not
recommend
this
clinic
for
prenatal,
delivery
or
postpartum
care.
If
I
could
give
them
less
than
1
star,
I
would.
It
took
a
long
time
for
me
to
feel
like
I
could
even
post
this
review
because
of
the
trauma
I
suffered
during
and
following
delivery-
in
large
part
due
to
the
incompetence
of
the
midwives
who
followed
me
and
assisted
with
my
delivery
3
years
ago.
I
was
followed
primarily
by
Melida,
with
Sara
as
a
back
up
and
also
had
one
consultation
with
Laura;
and
on
the
day
of
delivery
met
for
the
first
time
Cate,
Linda
and
an
intern
Lisa.
During
my
delivery
I
was
induced
because
of
low
amniotic
fluid
and
given
a
Foley
catheter.
Melida
failed
to
identify
that
my
water
hadn’t
broken
and
I
was
on
the
highest
dose
of
pitocin
for
over
12
hours.
She
checked
several
times
during
this
period
that
my
water
had
broken
but
it
wasn’t
until
a
doctor
came
into
the
room
and
was
able
to
tell
her
straight
away
that
it
had
in
fact
not.
Melida
forgot
that
I
had
tested
positive
for
group
B
strep,
and
then
also
forgot
that
I
told
her
I
was
allergic
to
penicillin,
so
I
ended
up
on
vancomycin
for
3
doses
in
total-
which
was
not
only
unnecessary
but
also
contributed
to
my
subsequent
fecal
loading.
Melida
also
was
not
able
to
attach
the
fetal
heart
rate
monitor-
but
refused
to
ask
hospital
staff
for
help
for
several
hours.
Hospital
staff
had
to
intervene
again
during
the
birth
when
my
baby’s
heart
rate
was
slowing
(after
being
in
labour
for
around
24
hrs).
Melida
told
me
‘you
don’t
have
to
breathe
like
that’
when
I
was
pushing
and
trying
to
breathe
through
the
pain,
she
gave
no
guidance
in
terms
of
how
I
could
breathe
differently
and
was
entirely
unhelpful
and
showed
no
compassion.
She
spoke
to
my
partner
instead
of
speaking
to
me-
telling
him
to
tell
me
to
push,
which
was
ridiculous
in
the
moment
given
every
ounce
of
remaining
energy
was
going
into
pushing!
Melida
was
falling
asleep
while
stitching
me
up
and
refused
to
hand
over
to
any
of
the
other
midwives.
I
was
in
excruciating
pain
begging
her
to
stop
and
she
ignored
me
until
my
mum
repeatedly
told
her
to
hand
over
to
Linda
(who
immediately
gave
me
some
local
anaesthetic
and
finished
off
the
stitches).
None
of
the
midwives
ever
mentioned
my
diastasis
recti-
which
I
ended
up
self
diagnosing
at
7
months
postpartum
when
it
was
an
8
finger
width
gap.
None
of
the
midwives
ever
told
me
about
fecal
loading,
instead
Melida
told
me
that
I
should
lie
in
bed
for
2
weeks
following
birth,
and
not
walk-
which
meant
that
2
years
in
I
was
suffering
from
depression
related
to
fecal
impaction.
I
saw
Melida
after
I
came
home
and
she
couldn’t
fill
in
the
jaundice
chart
and
kept
making
errors
in
the
graph.
I
saw
Cate
when
I
was
discharged
and
told
her
that
my
stitches
were
still
extremely
painful
at
5
weeks,
she
told
me
they
were
‘excellent’
even
though
I
still
had
trouble
walking.
Her
only
advice
was
‘use
lube
when
you
have
sex’.
I
was
in
no
shape
to
have
sex
psychologically
or
physically
and
it
took
months
of
healing
before
I
could
even
walk.
None
of
the
midwives
ever
mentioned
massaging
the
area
or
any
other
ways
to
assist
with
healing
(other
than
starting
to
have
sex
again).
Despite
asking
questions,
reading
books
they
recommended,
and
going
to
their
prenatal
preparation
course
with
my
partner
I
felt
entirely
unprepared
for
labour.
I
am
so
disappointed
that
I
was
followed
by
Riverdale
midwives
and
regret
that
decision
to
this
day.
I
would
never
go
back.
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