Filter got it wrong on a legit review. Posting again until it gets it right.

Our experience was with the North Office, under the care of Dr. Dabbs (and NP Nancy). Specific care was adequate, however in the initial discovery visit when questions were asked was met with "we have a process, wait until the visit assigned to deal with that question." If you ask about Cesarean rates, be prepared for a lot of defensive pushback (How dare you ask a medical professional with far more experience than you to discuss their c-section rate!) Initial early pregnancy visits will be with the NP (ours was excellent) who will act as a liaison for your Dr. until later visits. Do not expect to see your doctor outside of the last few visits. In those visits, you will listen and not speak (don't forget, they have a plan for you, regardless of your own birthing plan!)

We ended up presenting some potential complications with elevated blood pressure and protein in the urine. Little of the true impact or risk of this was discussed with us and the whole issue came off as a CYA measure for their organization. I get it, people sue, you don't have a choice but to protect your organization. But for the love of god discuss it with us first! Somehow in a weeks time we were transferred to the care of a specialist with Children's Hospital, and pressured to induce at 34 weeks (which happened). There was little to no explanation of the reasoning behind this at the time, and the rush of circumstances left a feeling of emergency, panic and medical necessity that all but removed any initial expectation of our birthing plan.

- We did not deliver with the doctor we built a relationship with.
- We did not deliver at the hospital we planned to. (The latter led to our child picking up a staph infection while in their NICU that extended our stay by 4 weeks. The numbers don't lie - take a look at infections at each of the primary medical facilities in town. There were massive differences in where we ended up and where we planned and paid to be. We did not end up there because of medical necessity, but because of administrative BS between FWMG and the doctor they chose to refer us to. This was wrong on a number of levels.)

Because our care was handed over to another doctor at 34 weeks, we sought to be refunded in part for the up front fees paid to the office for L&D. This became an absolute nightmare and the office staff gave nothing but excuses and pushback for FOUR MONTHS until we were forced to threaten suit to finally resolve the issue (who makes a client do this in order to resolve a small administrative matter?)

Overall our pregnancy felt like a medical condition that was to be cured with a template treatment on rails. Even that was accelerated into an non-elective Cesarean at 34 weeks that was not explained adequately and performed by staff and doctors we did not know.

After you read the online reviews, good and bad, talk to your friends and neighbors about the pressure they received for early induction and c-sec (from FWMG or any other). Our experience is not unique, and is not the way a pregnancy should be experienced. If you're unwilling or unable to take an active part in your pregnancy and want the rails experience, by all means go for it. We did not, attempted to be more active in our care, and were "put in our place" for it. We made the mistake of sharing our need for care with a business. Good luck out there.