There are 3 reasons I chose this place. First reason was because I was running out of options due to how far along in my pregnancy I was. Second reason was because they accept Medicaid. Third reason was because of the good reviews I had read.
I did NOT have a good experience with this facility. First of all, if you are in urgent need of help, do not come here. If it is not Monday, they will tell you to call back NEXT Monday to make your appointment for the week AFTER *that* week. You can not make an appointment more than a week in advance here (I tried 3 times.)
Secondly, every person I spoke with on the phone was completely uninterested in me as a patient/client. In person they are no better.
They tell you to come in at the buttcrack of dawn, and then the waiting room slowly fills up until there are no more seats. You will continue to wait for hours (Got there at 830, was finally seen around 1 PM.)
My sono tech was rude and rushed me around the room, weighed me almost 10 pounds less than I was, and was very callous, even asking "Um, why did you wait so long?" Really? As if I purposely waited as long as possible so I could go through even more emotional and physical trauma.
I cancelled my appointment at Planned Parenthood (in DC) at 19 weeks to come here at 20 weeks - because an extremely nice and helpful case worker at NAF referred me to Gynemed due to the fact they accept Medicaid - and measured "22 weeks and 2 days" so I was denied my procedure (cut off is 21 weeks 6 days.) As unfortunate and frustrating as that was, when I tried to ask if I could get a second opinion, or speak with the doctor, they were very rude to me, and acted as if I was inconveniencing them.
Anyway, that's just my personal experience. I guess they just didn't like me.
I ended up having to travel to New York to have my procedure done for $3,000. read more