She would just repeatedly tell me horror stories about how pregnancies went horribly wrong with people with my condition. I'm diabetic, I was seeing a specialist who helped me manage medication so everything was VERY well controlled. Polko would tell me how I was going to have a 15lb baby, how it would probably have major birth defects, talked about scheduling a c-section at my FIRST APPOINTMENT. They had me come in to their office every.single.week from 6 weeks until I switched practices plus the regular visits up to Annapolis to see the high risk doctors. I'd sit in their waiting room for 30+ minutes and have a 5 minute appointment. I liked Shonekan the best there, but she had good days and bad days. Davis was a jerk, any time my husband came to my appointments with me he'd try to get him to join him making fun of me (mocking mood swings, cravings, etc., stuff I generally didn't have a problem with). Polko bullied. I didn't feel comfortable asking questions, they always made me feel rushed and like I was wasting their time. It just wasn't a good fit. I know most people absolutely love that office, which was why I initially went there, but I just did not have a good experience at all.
I think it may have been that I wasn't letting her manage my medication. I did at first, but it became such a huge nightmare that I had to stop. My specialist (who I trust more than three doctors in a different type of practice) would say one thing, then Davis would say another, Shonekan would say something different and then Polko had another opinion. I told her I was happy to share all documentation, but from that point on only my endocrinologist would be monitoring my medications. Things went downhill from there.
