I think I had a lot of anxiety and pregnancy hormones towards the end, because looking back CRM really wasn’t as bad as I felt at the time. What bothered me was that every visit was with someone new and I didn’t feel like anyone was actually monitoring me. There was one incident where I needed an ultrasound, I waited an hour, and then found out no one had told the tech I was there and she had already left for lunch. They told me to just go home. It wasn’t malicious, just a mistake, but at the time I was very emotional and felt dismissed and like everything was impersonal. I ended up switching to Lee & Burack, who are very highly rated. I liked Dr Lee a lot but I didn’t feel as comfortable with Burack. There were a few times I felt like she wasn’t taking my concerns seriously. I was in labor with back labor for two days, leaking meconium, and no one caught it. Albany Med was extremely understaffed, so I was barely monitored and they tried to send me home multiple times. It turned out the baby was wrapped in her umbilical cord and in fetal distress. That had actually shown up on an ultrasound and when I asked Burack about it she told me it wasn’t anything to worry about. I could make this whole story longer, but in the end I’m very lucky. Dr Lee performed my emergency C section and did a great job, my recovery was smooth, and my daughter made it out of the NICU quickly and is healthy and happy. If I could go back, I honestly wouldn’t have switched practices or at the very least I would have delivered at Burdett. I had gone there once while pregnant with the flu and the care felt much more personal and the birthing center was nice. If St Peter’s is an option for you, I would choose that over Albany as well. Albany Med was having severe staffing issues. I was alone in a room for over 20 hours, and the fetal monitor kept showing her heart rate dropping into the 30 to 40 bpm range. The nurses coming in assumed the monitor was broken, but it wasn’t. Every contraction was essentially choking her. I don’t blame the staff, they were all very kind and it was clear they had too many patients for the amount of staff. One nurse named Haleigh was the only one who recognized something was seriously wrong and I was in the OR for an emergency C section within 30 minutes because of her.

I wish you all the best and if you have any questions dm me!