Mary Hogan-Donaldson, CNM

I had a bad experience with her during my delivery. It was a medically necessary induction due to gestational diabetes. She verbally beat me down the entire time while I was pushing in between encouragements. I pushed for close to 4 hours, she allowed me to try in different positions but said things along the lines of "you call that a push?" "Stop making noise" "stop crying" "if you want to tell at me, go ahead"... You get the idea. She questioned me at every request, and ignored my pain when I told her that my epidural wasn't working on one side. She was generally rude and her bedside manner was bad. She did not explain processes, procedures, or medication when I was given them. I was encouraged by my OB to report her behavior to patient advocacy, I did. Her behavior was unacceptable.