Kitty Bot Review of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical...
My OBGYN worked out of this hospital. He lied to m...
My OBGYN worked out of this hospital. He lied to me and told me my son had to be delivered by C-section because he was going to be 9 pounds and too big for me. I was told I had no choice that I had to deliver at 38 weeks to prevent uterine rupture and that he had to do the surgery because there was no one else. I wanted to deliver naturally at 40 weeks at Women And Children's Hospital Of Buffalo. I was told they would not do it and to not waste my time going there, that they wouldn't do it for me and would just send me back to him. You are supposed to be able trust you doctor so I believed him. Well come to find out when they did the c-section, they handed him to my husband and we were in shock. My son was only 5 pounds and 18" long and had blood sugar problems!!! I was so pissed. They said if he lost more than a few ounces during the "Honeymoon Period" as they put it, he would have to be transferred to the NICU at Women and Children's Hospital. I was told by the doctor and his nurses the reason why he delivered my baby so early was because he was going for knee surgery and wanted to make sure I was taken care of before he left. Bull crap!!! He wanted the money! He didn't even tell me that I had gestational diabetes and that's what caused my sons low birth weight and blood sugar problems. I only found out when I requested my records. This place only cares about money and not quality care. It's completely appalling. I was so upset that I asked to talk to the doctor about this issue, Guess what his response was, He said," Just be glad your baby was born healthy and that he didn't want to discuss this further because he had to go home." That's really disgusting. He didn't want to accept any responsibility for lying about my son's size or not telling me about my gestational diabetes. I was supposed to have my son delivered at 8:30 AM. I waited until 2:30 before they prepared me for surgery and my son wasn't delivered until 2:51 PM on 11/29/13. Later I found out from a nurse the reason why it took so long was because the Dr. lied and never had me scheduled for surgery. He just made up a story to the OR team that my water had broken. Apparently he does this all the time. I was there for 4 days, constantly worried about my baby's condition and wanted to keep him with me at all times. He was so tiny and I wanted to bond with him. They kept taking my son from me to pump him with glucose. Even the Lactation Consultant kept asking them to stop doing that. She said he needed to nurse and he was having difficulty latching because they kept bottle feeding him every hour. If I had been allowed to nurse him and keep him with me, his glucose would stabilize. The only supporters I had were the lactation consultant and my old pediatrician who I was so happy to see I wept and hugged her. She told the nurses to stop taking the baby from me and let me nurse him. Finally after the 2nd day they listened but it earned me some nasty remarks and rude treatment from the nurses. My mother in law and my husband called them out on the 3rd day after a nurse said I was over reacting. When you have a baby, it is an emotional time and difficult enough without incompetence and snide remarks. My husband's cousin, who is an OBGYN who could not treat me because I was considered family, told me I was right. I had every right to keep my baby with me, and I was right to be upset and speak up about it. I don't care how much money they put into that labor and delivery ward. They had just finished renovating it and I was told how lucky I was to have a BRAND NEW room. They need brand new staff.They kept on forgetting my menu and I didn't get a meal until the last day. They brought me sandwiches that were old. Thankfully my son was delivered the day after Thanksgiving so my husband brought me left overs and my mother in law brought me breakfast every morning. STAY AWAY!!!
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