Dr Cordia Clark-White Pressured me to have a c-section so she could go on vacation with her husband
On one hand, keeping this blog feels obsessive. On the other hand, Cordia Clark-White almost killed me. Cordia Clark-White, is the Chicago OBGYN who pressured us to have a c-section before reaching 36 weeks. Clarification: She wanted to cut me open during week 35/36 of our pregnancy because, unbeknownst to us, she wanted to go on vacation for her husband's birthday. During our initial consultation--before we committed to her-- we told her our desire to have a natural/spontaneous birth. She knew our due date. And instead of telling us she might be out of town so we should find a backup practitioner or choose someone else, she just said "we'll see". She never once mentioned concerns about pre-eclampsia. I never told her about any of symptoms because the first two issues I brought up, she just brushed off. I never felt safe. The only reason I didn't find a new OBGYN was because I was too sick to do the research. She came highly recommended by our previous OBGYN who r...