Dr. Amy Katharine Atwood, MD

I would like to say Dr. Atwood has Been one of the best doctors I have met. Her and her staff guided me threw a really bumpy beginning of a pregnancy and ended up with a beautiful healthy baby thanks Dr. Atwood. She's now almost 31\2 and still healthy and beautiful.

A year ago I was referred to Dr. Atwood's office. It was my first pregnancy and I started to have complications early, so I was a bit concerned. I called for an appointment and was told I couldn't come in until 6 weeks. I kept being told by others that if there was bleeding that I should see my doctor asap. So I called a few more times and they still refused to see me. Finally my husband called and they told him it would be no problem to get me in the next morning! At that ultrasound appt., the technician was horribly rude. She came into the waiting room and shouted "ULtrasound?!" to which my husband and I looked around and realized she meant us. During the ultrasound there was no bedside manner, no questions, and at one point the technician put her hand up in my face when I tried to ask a question. We left with not one word from her and we asked when we would hear results. They said they would call us. They never called. So we assumed that everything must have been fine, or they… surely would have called immediately to tell us otherwise?In the next two weeks, I continued to suffer bleeding and was so afraid. At the 6 week ultrasound the technician did not recognize me and my husband. She asked us the same questions again "is this your first pregnancy?", "have you had any complications?" I told her, "oh, we were here 2 weeks before, remember?" and she rolled her eyes at us and responded "OH, yeah, I remember ALL of my patients..." Come to find out, as soon as she put the wand inside, our baby had not survived. There is absolutely NOTHING anyone could have done for our baby, so I do not blame anyone at all for any incompetence medically. However, we found out that at our first ultrasound, the baby had serious issues, but no one had followed up to tell us. We could have been prepared and known all the information- instead, we thought everything was great and came in with no knowledge of the problems that were inherent. This is when it gets terrible. We still had never even met Dr. Atwood, and we were there for a 10am appt. with her. We were pushed, crying, into one room, and then into another, and finally, into ANOTHER room. We waited 45 minutes to see anyone and were ready to walk out if not for the questions we had looming. Finally Dr. Atwood came into the room, and said in the most strangely happy tone "How are you two doing?"! To which both of us just stared, red-eyed and shocked. I finally broke the silence and said "Well, not good at all." She sat there and said "so do you have any questions for me?" and I said "Yes, everything." It was very uncomfortable and she showed no emotion and no compassion. She didn't so much as even give us a pamphlet. We left there being very confused and VERY unaware of what would come.6 weeks later I nearly bled to death in a miscarriage. I was never told that I should go to the ER, or what it would be like. I lost cups of blood on my bedroom floor and was in the worst pain of my life for hours. I thought i was dying. She had told us it would feel like a "mild period". This was the most horrific experience of my entire life. The next day I went to another doctor who said "If you ever, and I mean, EVER have a miscarriage, you need to go to the ER immediately." This was the first time I was told that I could have died. The worst part, was that if I had gotten a DNC in the first place, it would have been over. Instead, my miscarriage had been incomplete and had become infected. I had been bleeding for two months straight at this point, but was never told this was unusual, or what to do in this situation. I needed emergency surgery. Why hadnt the doctor told us all of these potential problems? Just so that we could know what to do!In the end, I am stronger because I will never put up with a doctor treating me this way. I will go elsewhere. If you need a doctor who will give you all the information and give you bedside manner, compassion, and take your concerns seriously, this is not the doctor for you. Perhaps if your pregnancy is an easy one, Dr. Atwood and her office would be fine. I just felt it necessary to share my story one year later so that anyone looking for a doctor has the information I did not.