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OB Practice Groups at Pennsylvania Hospital
I will soon be TTC after a miscarriage. I had previously gone to The Birth Center in Bryn Mawr but have decided I want to be in an OB's care in case it happens again. I'm leaning toward Pennsylvania Hospital. If you went there, I'd love to hear about the doctors you saw, if you'd recommend that practice, and how you found the labor and delivery care. Thanks.
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Re: OB Practice Groups at Pennsylvania Hospital
I go to Penn Care for Women at the Curtis Center (6th & Walnut), they deliver at Pennsylvania. I love Dr. Kolecki! I had some issues during my pregnancy and she was so supportive.
Pennsylvania uses the laborist method for delivery so there is no guarantee that you will have a dr. from your practice when you deliver. It didn't bother me. Dr. Kolecki was the dr. on when I delivered but she wasn't in the room. She came to check on us afterwards. All of the nurses, doctors and interns were great.
"There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. So love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living."
I also really like Penn Care for Women. I used to see Dr. Alam but she's not there anymore...Dr. Borromeo delivered my son last year, so I'm seeing her from now on. I've also seen Dr. Renbaum for a few pregnancy appts and she was really nice.
I couldn't have been happier with Pennsylvania Hospital. I went into pre-term labor and DS was in their NICU for a month. The staff there (and on the maternity floor) are fantastic. The laborist model didn't bother me since it's really the nurses who you're with through most of your labor!
TTC#1 May 2009- July 2010 on our own with no luck
Started with RE in August 2010, dx with unexplained IF and then finally our 3rd IUI cycle using Follistim and Trigger resulted in our wonderful little man. Born 12/2/11
TTC#2 Never really prevented, but were careful early on as Dr. reccomended
Surprise BFP 12/16/13, started progesterone immediately as first numbers came back low, but betas were good. Progesterone wasnt enough. Natural MC 12/24/13.
Back with RE as of January 2014...
5/27/14- Chemical Pregnancy
April 2015 IVF#1
5/13/15- BFP, please stick LO!
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I went with Penn Care for Women. I was determined to deliver at Pennsylvania Hospital and the initial OB I went with was horrible. She had a private practice, I called because of spotting (my first pregnancy) and they wouldn't give me the time of day and were very rude.
So I used IBX.com to look for a new OB and found Penn Care for Woman. I was assigned to Dr. Renbuam who I saw for every visit but 1 my entire pregnancy. She was so nice.
Only complaint was wait time in the office, I would suggest getting the first appointment of the day, or first after lunch. The staff in office was nice, but calling usually lead to being on hold for a bit.
I always made my appointments prior to leaving. I will say that if you called with any issues and left a message with the nurse practitioner they did get back to you pretty quick.