I have been a patient of physicians to women for many years and saw Jane Powers, who I loved and have no negative things to say about. She is on top of things, considerate and listens to her patients. Sadly, when I got pregnant and became an OB patient, I had a very different experience which climaxed into seeing Dr Rawlins. Our baby was diagnosed with velomentous cord insertion earlier on in the pregnancy and as a result we were sent to a specialist as well as seeing our regular OB. Both physicians to women and the specialist were monitoring the baby and at no point did they tell us there was any reason to be concerned. When I saw Dr Rawlins towards the end of my last trimester, I requested a cervical check to see if there was any progression. Physicians to women had been very aggressive with trying to bully me into scheduling an induction before I was ready, even when none of the tests gave any indication that anything concerning the baby was amiss. They were monitoring me multiple times a week. Dr Rawlins performed the cervical check, which was the most painful I've ever experienced, and afterwards I spotted and hurt for several days. I also showed Dr Rawlins, per their offices suggestion, my husband and I's birth plan, upon which she was incredibly unprofessional when reading; she pointed out how they would most definitely not do most of what we requested on our birth plan. It was important to my husband and I that we keep our birth as natural as possible, and from that point forward (this started around 36 weeks in my pregnancy) it became an incredible fight with Physicians to women, the specialist and myself. I felt bullied into scheduling an induction, by Physicians to women, and received a phone call that felt incredibly aggressive from Dr Rawlins stating "if I have any hope of accomplishing a natural delivery I need to watch my sodium and sugar intake" which I had already been doing for months. My husband and I had multiple appointments with the specialist and they agreed with us that there was no need to rush the induction, but even after my husband and I decided to schedule an induction after one final appointment with the specialist, it apparently wasn't good enough for physicians to women because I didn't immediately go to the hospital when they wanted me to.
After all was said and done, our baby boy was born via c section. Upon returning to the office for a postpartum check up, I thought the fights were finally behind us. I requested that it be marked on my chart that I did not want to be seen by Dr Rawlins. I had no problems with any other physicians at this practice. I personally loved Dr Papapanos and Dr Siassipour. A few weeks after my postpartum visit when everything was cleared for me, I noticed some bleeding on my end which didn't stop after almost two weeks, so I made an appointment with physicians to women to make sure nothing was wrong. On my way out the door from that visit, I was handed a sealed envelope by Kim, who stated she worked in management, and when I opened it in the car I discovered they had "released me as a patient" because of how activities transpired.
It saddens me greatly how things ended with this medical practice. Dr Rawlins made me feel incredibly bullied by the time all was said and done and was unprofessional when it came to listening to what my husband and I wanted. Perhaps I would have had more respect for her if she had chosen to have a conversation with us about it. Instead she disregarded our wishes, was physically very painful during the cervical check, and then was offended enough that out of all the other physicians in the practice (again with which I had no problems) when I requested just specifically to not be seen by her anymore, I was then "released as a patient". I was aghast. The level of unprofessionalism I felt in that moment was beyond words.
One bad apple can rot the barrel, and my perception of Physicians to women is forever changed due to our experience with Dr Rawlins. It saddens me that this occurred after so many years of being their patient. read more
