UK Women’s Health OB-GYN – Georgetown

I saw Dr. McKendrick for my first pregnancy. Everything was going well until I was around 36 weeks along. I found out that some doctors will pull a baby out by the head once the head is birthed. I told her that unless the baby was clearly stuck, I did not want my baby pulled out. She refused to listen. She was certain since it was my first pregnancy the baby would absolutely get stuck. I wasn't suffering from delusions of thinking everything would go perfectly for me. I have heard of stories of babies getting stuck and some nearly suffocating. I myself was born from my mother via C-section (I am the second born of my mother), as were the rest of my siblings. All I had requested was "don't do it unless the baby is actually clearly stuck." She refused. The next thing that happened was when I was overdue. I was 6 days overdue, so they put me on a Non-Stress test. I was having contractions, and my baby's heart rate was cutting in half during the contractions. Now, we knew labor had to be induced, the baby had to come out now, so I was sent over to the hospital. Dr. McKendrick broke my water with a hook, but when she did, she caught the hook on my birth canal, which after the birth was incredibly painful and took 2 months to heal. Intercourse was very painful. After my water was broken, labor progressed very quickly, shocking everyone. My labor lasted less than 3 hours. Now being in tense labor extremely quickly, I forgot what I had read about opening your knees to open the birth canal, so my baby was totally ready to come out and my legs were together. Keep in mind, the whole reason I was there was because my baby was in danger from staying in utero while I was having contractions. The whole reason I was there was because the baby needed to come out NOW. The nurses told me not to push until Dr. McKendrick got there. All I could think was, "Are you kidding me?" So, the nurses offered me no help in trying to help the baby come out. After Dr. McKendrick arrived somebody told me to lift my leg, and my baby's head came out a few minutes later. At which point Dr. McKendrick grabbed my baby by the head and pulled it out against my wishes and direction. Then a few minutes later, Dr. McKendrick told me she was going to pull the placenta out. It was out 5 minutes after my baby. As I had heard about I then had a very painful wound inside me where the placenta had been, and it took a month to a month and a half to heal. I also had a second degree tear, which was sewn up. I was given a spray (a numbing spray I think) to apply to it to help with the pain. However I noticed after a while, that after it wore off, the pain wasn't getting better, it seemed worse. I stopped using the spray within a day or a day and a half, and the pain subsided quickly after that. Fast forward almost 2 years, I went to the UK Midwife Clinic in Lexington. I was overdue. My water was broken the same way, but I wasn't cut. I told them not to pull out the baby unless it was clearly stuck. The baby came out just fine on her own. I got a second-degree tear again. It was sewn up. I didn't use a spray. (I'm not sure they even gave me one.) No pain. The midwife let the placenta come out in its own time (she said it could take half an hour, but this time it took 7 minutes). No horribly sensitive wound to deal with. I was not in any pain of any kind, just occasional mild, muscular achiness. No injuries. Go to the midwife clinic.

I had a high risk pregnancy, and i struggled with anxiety throughout, but Dr Mckendrick and the staff here were wonderful. They were encouraging, reassuring, supportive, and kind. Dr Mckendrick is a fantastic doctor. She never made my appointments feel rushed, never made me feel uncomfortable, or judged, or anxious. She was extremely calm and reassuring, knowledgeable and kind. I would recommend her to anyone. She delivered my baby via planned c-section and it went beautifully! Highly recommend Dr Mckendrick and the staff here at UK Women's Health in Georgetown.