So I am writing this review because I am super frustrated as a whole with how I have been treated throughout this entire process of trying to find a doctor in Peoria.
Yesterday my husband and I had booked a fertility consultation with Dr. Overcash. We arrived, and it was kinda hard to find the building but after driving around, I did see it as I had scoured the website and they have a great photo of the location.
When I was booking the appt. I explained to the girl on the phone that I am looking for a doctor in the area as we are preparing to have a baby, and my current OB in Chicago recommended I find someone closer. She took all of my information (including the wrong phone number) but never mentioned that it was a patient only experience.
When we arrived in the lobby, 2 staff members were behind the counter WITHOUT masks, and a third masked woman who I can only assume was the pitboss or APRN. No one introduced themselves to me, other than to say my husband couldn't be there. I promptly explained we're here for a consultation, and the masked woman said "well, we'll have to clear it with the doctor because we can't be picking and choosing who get preferential treatment." I asked her to do that.
I was sent into the hallway by the elevator with my husband to wait and hear back on what the dr. said. It turns out that he wouldn't meet Tyler, and I promptly cancelled my appt.
I realize every practice is different, however I'm going to leave this here; if I can go to Walmart, if I can go to work, if I can walk into A DOCTORS OFFICE and see people behind the counter that work there not wearing masks, then my husband can be involved in my prenatal care appointments. There is a serious lack of patient advocacy in America from both patient and family. Some of the questions my husband had were "how many c sections do you perform? What do you consider "dangerous" and how often do you use Pitocin? What is the likelyhood of her having a low intervention birth (due to my issues)?" there were more but you can tell from these that my 25 year old husband cares** and did research into what happens to women and more specifically what might happen to me. Don't you think that merits some concern and I'd also like to state that while sure, he could have teleconferenced in for that, was he expected to miss our ultrasound appointments? Because excuse me but teleconferencing isn't acceptable.
And for those of you saying "well what about this that and the other", I don't care. None of that is the case, and this experience has been unacceptable all the way around. My husband is my partner. We are taking on parenting seriously, and if you don't think that starts at conception, and right down to choosing a doctor perhaps you have it wrong. read more