I was patient of Dr Apigo up until May 2015 one week before my due date when she dropped me as a patient. Do not let this woman care for you during the most crucial time in your life,especially if you are educated and don't just trust everything a doctor tells you and you have any desire to do childbirth as natural as possible. My first pregnancy, had lots of questions, read a lot of literature on childbirth, wanted to have as natural a childbirth as possible. I really liked her spunky personality and how nice she was. I was 36 years old, overweight and at 12 weeks she pressured me to get the Harmony test to find out if the baby had a chance of down syndrome. First, I didn't want the test because It also told the gender and we wanted a surprise. 2nd-no intention of doing anything if the baby had a high likelihood of down syndrome. Nonetheless, she pressured and I gave in.test came back positive 99% for Triple X syndrome. And even though we didn't want to know the sex she told us because that syndrome was specific to little girls. this added stress and worry to a already stressful pregnancy. she did bloodwork and stated that I had a high A1C and was possibly insulin resistant so never gave me the glucose test but treated me as a gestational diabetes patient. She told me that they would induce at 39 weeks unless they could keep my blood sugar under control. As my pregnancy continued, visits with her began to get worse and worse. I was high risk, gestational diabetes, the baby had an extra chromosome. It was a difficult pregnancy. I went in for a heart Doppler reading and the baby's heartbeat sounded really distant. I asked why and She told me it was because of my gestational diabetes, that my amniotic fluid surrounding the baby was really low which can cause possibly fatal issues. On top of that, she started telling me that I wasn't doing well with food journaling and that the dietician had let her know I hadn't sent in my journals. which I had. she was really short and crappy with me, made me feel awful and then proceeded to rush things and walk out. The next day at my weekly ultrasound and checkup The tech measured my amniotic fluid and told me it was great. I asked her to check it again b/c Apigo told me It was really low. She measured again and said it is in a perfect range, we check 3 different areas and it is reading just fine. Why this woman would tell me something like that without any evidence was crazy. she stressed me out so much. The next time I met w/Apigo she brushed it off when I told her that my amniotic fluid was not low and that she really stressed me out with everything she said to me. She continued to be very short with me. and my journals had been turned in it was just a little late. Any issue I brought up was brushed off and she made it very clear to me that she felt differently about me because I didn't deal with her trying to lie to me. On top of that, 2 mos before my due date she told me that the rep for the Harmony test had told her those results were happen commonly so she told me I wouldn't take that diagnosis as set in stone. I couldn't believe I was pressured to take a highly accurate test, worried and stressed about the results and she dismissed them later saying it wasn't all that accurate at all.All the ultrasounds, the baby's movements, my A1c decreased from 5.8 to 5.5, I only put on 20lbs showed things going great I thought. But the kicker was her going back on her word that she wouldn't induce if the baby was on target and not showing signs of being too big. about a week and a half out she out of nowhere said, well let's schedule your induction at 39 weeks. I was in disbelief and asked her why. she told me that was standard protocol for high risk GD patients. She started to tell me the baby's chest was measuring big and the baby was already 8lbs. the baby would get to big. Everything she said went back on everything I actually saw. it didn't sit well with me. I tried to talk to her and she talked over me, I tried to ask her why she felt it was necessary and she got angry told me she knew what was best she had delivered tons of children, that I didn't trust her or her expert medical advice and if I questioned this I wouldn't trust her when it was time to deliver. She didn't let me talk stormed out of the room and sent the nurse in with an official letter stating she was ending our relationship but would be available until I found another dr. a week and a half before my due!!! She was right, I didn't trust her wishy washy expertise, her trust me I know better than you and don't ever questions my authority belief. But I believe what she did was immoral, lack of complete regard for a 9 month pregnant first time high risk mother. And it shows the kind of integrity and care she really has for her patients. I went full term b/c I had to get a new dr. My daughter was 7lbs 10oz no blood sugar issues, no triple x, perfectly healthy. read more