I went to see Dr. McKinney for an IUD back in November, instead I found out I was pregnant. He talked me through all of my options and made sure I was taking the appropriate time to come to a decision that worked for me. After two days of carefully weighting my options I dicided to keep the baby and Dr. McKinney agreed to be my OBGYN, he set my next appointment for May which put me almost 7 months pregnant. Having this be my first pregnancy I didn't realize that this was a very long time away. My nurse practitioner at the time told me she wasn't comfortable with helping me through my pregnancy because she wasn't very well knowledgeable of what to do. Perfectly fine by me, because I had Dr. McKinney. Three months later I get a phone call from my nurse practitioner Dr. McKinney has asked her to get all of my regular work ups done. She has no idea what to give me and so I couldn't get them done. I tried to call to ask if there is anything that can be done. I am now told that I am not his client until May and will have to deal with my nurse practitioner, as Dr. McKinney is going on vacation next week and doesn't have time for me. I try asking my nurse practitioner for simple questions; should I donate the cord blood, should I get the covid vaccine, is ... normal for this pregnancy? All of which she told me to contact Dr. McKinney because she didn't have the answers as she didn't specialize in pregnancy and didn't want to give me the wrong answer. So once again at 5 months pregnant I call Dr. McKinney's office to ask simple questions and am told that he will not be answering them by his secretary as I am not his client until May, when he can see me.
Now I am left here thinking am I really important to them or do they even care about the safety or well-being of me and my child.