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Anyone have Dr. McNair or Dr. Auger from Prentice?
If so, did you have a a vaginal birth or c-section? Please share your experience.
I would like to have my baby at Prentice, but I heard they are a baby factory there and push c-sections. Did anyone feel like they were pushed by McNair or Auger to do a c-section?
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Re: Anyone have Dr. McNair or Dr. Auger from Prentice?
I go to their group, Dr Foley delivered my daughter vaginally. I did see both Dr McNair and Dr Auger for some prenatal visits, both were very kind. When I first came to the practice I was asking questions about csections, I think they were at about 20% csections (if I remember correctly). But between all of my visits (asking questions) and during my delivery I did not feel like they were trying to rush it and move on to a csection at any point.
I like the group, thought they did a wonderful job and will most likely use them again in the future even if we move out to the burbs.
That is the group that I go to. I used to work at Prentice, so I had the advantage of having worked personally with all of the MD's (in every group) that perform deliveries there. I chose that group because I agreed with their patient management. The MD's in McNair and Auger's group are wonderful. They very much advocate vaginal birth and are not quick to induce labor. C-sections are done for legitimate reasons, not for convenience for the docs in the group.
As for Prentice being a "baby factory," anyplace that performs 13,000+ deliveries a year could be considered a factory. Yes, most labors are augmented with pitocin, but that is not an unusual practice. Believe me, no one wants to be up in the middle of the night doing a c-section unless it is absolutely medically necessary (and I speak from experience!).
I loved Prentice and had no problems! They wanted to start pit but I just told them no and kept walking the halls until my contractions started back up! No biggie!