- I first came to Atlantic
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
during my first pregnancy.
I came at 12 weeks.
I was referred by my primary doctor
because I had two known
complications with my pregnancy,
and at my first ultrasound,
they found a third complication.
So they decided they really wanted
Atlantic Maternal-Fetal Medicine's
point of view on the situation.
My first pregnancy, my
son was very tricky.
He was sideways, he was transverse
for pretty much 90% of the pregnancy,
until the night before my induction
when he decided to become fully breech.
So I showed up for my induction,
and not only did the physician show up
to perform what's called aversion,
which is where they actually flip the baby
in your stomach before you go into labor,
but the nurse that followed
my pregnancy the whole time,
Kay, showed up to hold my
hand during the procedures.
Not only do they have
the technical expertise
to perform a tricky procedure like that,
but they also were very caring.
They knew I was nervous.
They knew that it was a procedure
that didn't have 100% chance of working,
and that I was very worried about it.
The personal touch that
Atlantic Maternal-Fetal Medicine
has with their patients,
not only are they incredible
when it comes to the technical aspects,
the knowledge about high-risk pregnancies,
but they're also pretty awesome
when it comes to the little things.
For example, about halfway
through my first pregnancy,
I ate four bags of green apple licorice
and only remembered after I ate them
that you're not supposed to
do that when you're pregnant.
So not only were the
nurses and the doctors
available for really big questions,
like what happens if you're bleeding,
or what happens if you're
having contractions,
but it turns out they're
also open to questions
such as what happens if you
eat four bags of licorice?
I've already recommended
Atlantic Maternal-Fetal Medicine
to multiple members of my
family, multiple friends,
and in fact, would
recommend them to anybody
who's looking not only
for that cutting-edge
medical knowledge that the
practice has at their fingertips,
which is evident through every visit,
but also the warm and caring attitude
with which they treat all their patients,
which was evident at every single visit.
