Emily Etlinger

Review of VUmc

I had my first child here and there is a reason I ...

I had my first child here and there is a reason I did not go back to VUMC to have my second child. They let me labor for over 36 hours even after loosing the baby's heart beat multiple times. The person who did my epidural did not tell me he was a student and he missed putting it in correctly 2 times! The third time the actual doctor came in. I had to ask for a cesarean. Once I was out of the OR and feeding my child for the first time a nurse comes in and tells me they forgot to take the epidural needle out of my back after the surgery. Also, one of the pediatric nurses made me break down because I was having a hard time keeping up with how much my son wanted to eat and when I wasn't producing enough milk she made me feel like a terrible mother.

HOWEVER, I did have the most fantastic labor nurse! Her name is Lauren and I can not boast enough about how wonderful she was. She helped me stay calm and helped me so much during those 36 hours.