Recommend HVHC maternity & WMP OB's & midwives?

katharine25 · February 2012

We're TTC at this point, but I want to find an OB I like before we do get our BFP . I want a natural experience as possible when we DO get a take-home baby but I would like to be sure I'm in good medical hands. I'm into integrative medicine, a side of Eastern with Western... We recently moved to Putnam from Brooklyn, so don't know any local moms to ask.

We were with the MKMG at NWH until week 12 when we lost our LO at NT scan. I didn't really like it there before the appointment - I felt like a lab rat - and like them even less afterwards.

The WMP group at HVHC seems to present themselves with a philosophy that I like, and their OB's have high ratings online. Does anyone have any actual experience with them? I've hear some bad things about them, but from people who went there before they renovated.

Alternately, I work in Midtown. Would be open to a city doctor, but would make it harder for DH to come to appointments, which is important for us, at least at the beginning, but is by no means a factor to rule it out.

I need to stay in network on a HMO plan, so all the fancy OOP midwife groups aren't an option

TYIA

lawyer707 · February 2012

the maternity ward in the hospital is really nice. It was recently redone with lovely birthing suites. I don't have experience with that practice specifically, but I used to see Denise Rinato who is associated with HVHC. I don't recommend her as I felt like nothing was handled well during my time with her.