Women’s Health Associates

I saw Dr Roelands for the first time for Pap smear and removal of an IUD. She spent a lot of time getting to know me and getting thorough history. Then we talked about birth control. She listened to my concerns, suggested the snip snip for my hubs actually listened to why i wanted my tubes tied. She is an awesome, attentive dr. The front desk staff were very nice and the nurses were nice too. Im glad i finally found a good ob/​gyn. My last one was a horror and the reason the iud needed to come out.

Let me start by saying that I’m so traumatized from what happened to me at this office it has taken me over a year to heal enough to write this. WHA was my ob for my first pregnancy, things were going great then my OB (Jennifer Roylands) went on vacation around my 36 week mark. I saw a different ob (Elizabeth Wilson) for my 37 week apt. She measured my belly with a tape measure, her measurement was smaller than the last time my belly had been measured by a different person! Well that was enough in her mind to raise concern. She said she would need to do a cervical exam to make sure I wasn’t dilated, I consented. She then proceeded to STRIP MY MEMBRANE WITH OUT MY CONSENT!!! The exam was excruciating I would not of consented to stripping of the membranes. I feel she knew that and that’s why she did it without telling me. My labor ended in a bullied induction with Dr. Wilson leading the charge, and eventually a emergency c section due to my baby’s heart stopping with contractions. If Elizabeth Wilson had not assaulted me I honestly feel my pregnancy would not have ended so tragically for me. The baby was fine and the doctors could not stand by their original fears of complications and gave me no reason as to why I was just assaulted, belittled, bullied, yelled at, poked 5 times with an iv needle, drugged, drugged again and then cut in half. I have been diagnosed with ptsd from my first child’s birth. I am still dealing with the post dural puncture headache because the anesthesiologist couldn’t stop talking about his weekend plans long enough to do his job right. I can’t say I would ever recommend this office or hospital to anyone. The only reason for one star is because it wouldn’t let me put zero stars

I fired this practice after being treated pretty poorly for years.
1. If you call the office be prepared to sit on hold for 30+ minutes. Every time. And if you even suggest that the hold time is really long and maybe they should designate another person to answer the phones, they don’t take that well. And this issue exists all day every day. Just imagine being 6 weeks pregnant and having a miscarriage and trying to get ahold of your OB and crying as you sit there on hold for 30 MINUTES! And then they won’t get the nurse, they take a message and she’ll call you back at her convenience.
2. The physician I worked with is very paternalistic. I scheduled an appointment to meet with another doctor to discuss a procedure he DOES NOT DO. He moved me onto his schedule and told me I shouldn’t have the procedure. It was something very important to me that I had wanted to do for years and I still regret being talked out of it.
3. The same physician was very dismissive of medical issues that resulted in me ending up in the ER less than 48 hours after I saw him and almost required surgery (he said I had gas, and was possibly constipated). A coworker used to go to the same physician and ended up having a hysterectomy because he ignored her symptoms until they became potentially life threatening.
4. There is another OB there who is a quack and makes lots of claims that haven’t been validated by medical research. He gives talks at the local organic markets. Which is fine if you’re into that, but I prefer, you know, science and stuff from my doctors.
5. My doctor’s nurse was very nice and really seemed to listen and do her best to make situations better for me. I really appreciate everything she did and I’m sure she did more behind the scenes that I never saw. (She is the ONLY reason for the 2 stars).