Intown Midwifery

Not my best experience with hospitality. They were more concerned about when I pay them, than checking on my baby or health. I sat at appointments longer than talking to the doctor. It did start off welcoming, however it transpired into bs unless you have money.

Just gave birth last week!

I had the best experience with intown. Margaret and the staff are amazing. They know their stuff and run a wonderful business. I will continue shouting their praises. Thank you for a wonderful experience during pregnancy as well as labor and birth!

Let me start by saying that I have never written a negative review in my life. Usually if I have a bad experience, I avoid the establishment and I move on but my experience with intown midwifery has been so disturbing that I felt the need to write. Long story short, I had my first appointment with them on 9/30 at 11 weeks pregnancy. I got a call a week later that my labs came back abnormal and I tested positive for an incurable STD. I have been in a monogamous marriage for 7 years so I was skeptical about what they were telling me. I also had labs done in April for a pregnancy that unfortunately ended in a miscarriage and my labs then were all normal. They ordered a retest at a lab Corp next to where I live to confirm the results. The retest came back negative- everything normal. I met with Dr. James (who by the way I found to be very cold and not knowledgeable) to go over the results and she wanted me to get a third test at a different facility. She referred me to the county health department. I got a comprehensive and detailed lab exam at the health center and those results came back negative as well- everything normal. The entire process of getting tested and re-retested three times took about a month. Imagine being pregnant months after a miscarriage, being told you have an incurable disease, and waiting a month to be finally 'cleared'. I have been a nervous wreck, my anxiety was through the roof, and the whole time I'm trying to remain as calm as possible so I don't endanger my baby with my stress. I have concluded that they must have mixed up my blood tubes with someone else's at the office. When the lady in the office drew my blood, she threw the tubes on the counter, without a label. I noticed a couple of other tubes on the counter as well.

On top of this debacle, both times I have gone for my appointment, I have waited at least an hour after being called to the back. Both times, someone has come into the room where I'm waiting and asked, 'no one has been here to see you yet?'. It's almost like they forgot about me each time. Everyone seems so disorganized. The only reason I came here was because I wanted a natural water birth. The midwife at my first visit informed me that most people don't even end up having the water birth because they sometimes don't have the manpower to assist in the water birth, or people don't make it on time to be able to wait for the pool to be filled up.

I have reached out to my previous obstetrician, who delivered my two boys (aged 6 and 2) without incident and I am hoping they can still take me in this late into my pregnancy because at this point I don't feel confident continuing my care with Intown Midwifery.

The only positive thing I can say about them is that they seem nice and friendly but unfortunately friendliness doesn't make up for the lack of competence.

I delivered with Intown in mid October (6 weeks ago) and am still raving about my experience. Everyone in the whole practice is incredibly knowledgeable and friendly, and made my pregnancy appointments so much more than just another trip to the doctor, especially when they became weekly. Ashlee and Nicole are both incredible midwives and having Ashlee by my side in the hospital changed the whole stay for me. She was the constant calm in the storm and lobbied on my behalf when I needed her. I truly can not recommend Intown enough.

So far, our experience with Intown has been just fantastic. We were referred to these kind ladies through many close friends and it couldn't be a better fit for what we would like with our first kiddo on the way. The best news is that the office is attached to AMC and is less than a mile from our residence. That definitely sweetened the deal for us, too.

The team at Intown is awesome. They do an amazing job of balancing incoming families and make everyone feel so welcome. Their team is made up of five different practitioners and each visit is with a different midwife. They are all very kind and have different personalities, but their level of professionalism is all the same. Huge high-five to Lindley who made us feel really comfortable on our first visit. She was just the best.

So far, we've only visited twice and my wife had her labs done, general checkup, heard our baby's heartbeat, and we have also done a few of the group discussions. The group sessions are really nice and can give some great insight. For us, they have been really cool and comforting with this being our first go at bringing another human into the world.

I'll definitely update my review in the coming months. Really happy to be in the kind care of these folks!

I left Intown Midwifery after my initial review on 10/29/11. SHADY business practices and I would not support this practice or their midwives going forward. I will keep my initial review below, but personally would NOT go there for any care nor recc them to friends/family. They should be careful what bridges they continue to burn-- for all their positive press there's just as many negatives. do your research. unprofessional and a true heart-break/let-down after all of their propaganda about caring about their patients as whole people.


Horrible wait times
not rotating midwives seen, even in 3rd trimester
downright dishonest

I can't even begin to cover how much we enjoyed our birthing experience with Intown Midwifery. They explained from the beginning that you might not have the same midwife for everything. The staff has been absolutely amazing from the start of the pregnancy to birth. Dr. James was very informative through the whole process and the midwives.. they are complete Rockstars!!

The negative reviews on this site can't be further from the truth. Intown is top notch! Highly recommended!

If I could give this place a negative rating I would! This was the most horrible medical experience I've had in my life and this happened about 4 years ago. That's how traumatic the experience was. This place is ONLY ok if you would've had an easy pregnancy already. If you have any complications they are not in the correct mindset or qualified enough to support you.

During my consultation and birth plan, in writing as well, I specifically stated if I was in labor and not dilating after 12 hours or so I was ok with an epidural. Fast forward to my labor. I had very bad back labor and once that happened no one knew how to truly help me with that. Back labor and regular labor are a horrid combo. By hour 15 with no further Dilation and no drugs I requested an epidural and told NO! The nurse Kept coming in placing the stethoscope on my stomach every other minute triggering even MORE contractions every single time. Nurse you have every wire hooked up and can read my baby as well. I am in excruciating pain and my body is exhausted please stop exacerbating an exhausted body THAT CANNOT BE GOOD FOR THE BABY. I began sobbing and crying at hour 20 with no drugs and no dilation. I began pleading for an epidural. They gave me something else that lasted about 45. I asked them to do it again they told me they can only administer it once! We'll get me the epidural I asked for. I told the midwife- well screaming and crying at the same time-that my body is stressed and I cannot have the baby with my body stress levels this way I needed the epidural to have the baby! You would think a midwife would respect the moms wishes correct? Absolutely not, she did just as a doctor would and ignored me. By hour 22, after screaming and crying so the whole floor could hear me and no progression, my mom demanded they give me an epidural and could not understand why "you're letting her suffer like this". So she reluctantly called the anesthesiologist. Guess what, only one on staff for THE ENTIRE HOSPITAL! He was in surgery for two more hours. Hour 24, the anesthesiologist took one look at me and I could see the sorrow on this mans face. I could tell he felt so bad for me. After the epidural, literally I fully dilated in 30 minutes and pushed the baby out in the last 30 min. Just like I told the midwife!

I won't even go into the rest of the awfulness after my beautiful baby was born. Let's just say no one told me I was supposed to take ibuprofen or Advil for pain after childbirth so I had no clue my body wasn't supposed to be hurting like this UNTIL THE PEDIATRICIAN TOLD ME I NEEDED SOMETHING days later when she saw I was in pain.

Thankfully I have my beautiful baby and I'm a generally healthy person. So I made it through. I cringe to imagine what would've happened if I had any underlying health conditions I wasn't aware of!

Between Atlanta medical and intown, if you have complications you are putting your health and your babies health at risk. Mothers beware!

My husband and I made the mistake of going to Intown Midwifery for our first prenatal appointment and checkup. First of all, they are impossible to get on the phone. They've got a ridiculous answering service that constantly says they're at lunch (no matter what time of day it is), and they routinely don't call back when you leave a message. I was really sick one day, and my husband called 9 times trying to reach the midwife on call and find out what kind of medicine would be safe to take.

During our actual appointment, the midwife had an ok bedside manner. She seemed defensive when we mentioned how frustrating it had been to get them on the phone, and said they're trying to change that. She also didn't seem terribly educated about the tests they'd be administering, and couldn't answer all of my questions.

Intown Midwifery never told us anything about my health during or after that appointment. They didn't give us the results of a single test. If we had anything to worry about, they said, they'd call. They never did. BUT, weeks later, when we had the results of our tests sent from Intown to our current midwife, she asked, "Did you know that your Vitamin D levels are low?" No. Because Intown Midwifery never told me.

We had some confusion with our bill ($1400, the laboratory claimed we owed them) which almost wasn't covered by our insurance, even though they said it would be. But in the end (after some calls and emails to the office), it was. Thankfully.

I still wouldn't recommend Intown to other women, but I've improved their rating because they worked with me on the billing issue, and did so rather quickly.

In general, I think they've got a long way to go before I'd recommend their services at such a sensitive time in the life of a family...

We've had two babies now with Intown and know all the staff very well.

We had some very serious complications during the first and were very impressed with Dr. James who handled the situation very well. Our daughter who was just born a week ago was a very different experience. From the beginning we felt comfortable with the practice as they knew our history. They were very supportive of our VBAC plans yet had a MFM on the Telehealth program for us- Dr. Patterson. As a GT alum and former engineer we felt very comfortable with her watching over everything. We got a good mixture of seeing Dr. James and Margaret in the office throughout the pregnancy and of course felt very comfortable with both. They took our concerns seriously and honestly they just rock at what they do. They even caught a breach position early and referred me to a massage therapist and chiropractor early enough to correct the problem in a week.

The delivery ended up being a successful VBAC with Michelle who was absolutely amazing and on top of her game.. she has a great relationship with AMC and you feel very safe in her hands. Dr. James was monitoring and there throughout and again the level of care was very reassuring. The practice is perfect for those looking for sensible care and want to go down the natural path as much as possible, but I'm also proof they can handle high risk emergency type scenarios as well. Couldn't recommend them more. The office staff have also been more than helpful and answer emails/calls/requests super fast. Usually no waiting long periods and they work with you to make things happen around your schedule.