Florida Womens Care: Umstead Thomas J MD

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Bella Lazz

I heard that some one was going to Umstead it prompted me now unfortunatly to look at his reviews since my expireience was so terrible I really wish that I did my research 5 years ago when I had him deliver my daughter . After reading alot of the comments Im just glad my daughter and I are OK. I would not recommend him to anyone. He is extremely rude and arrogant. He was so uncaring and condescending. Heres a few of my awful expirences...... First my daughter was breach and he successfully turned her but without letting it be clearly known that "I was lucky to have him as a Dr because basically alot of other drs werent competent enough to preform such a procedure. The worst other than my aweful office visits was the day of my delivery . It was a scheduled induction and he planned to turn her again to avoid a c section. I got there bright and early on time as scheduled but waited nervously for hours for him to arrive to the hospital. After finally arriving and him being so rude and impolite to the point of me being in tears and me about to walk out. My husband convinced me to stay so we can finally meet our daughter. Everything finally started and was going OK till it was time to push...... I started and finally he decided we needed an emergency c section my daughter was trying to come out forehead first . Went in delivered her then all hell broke loose. He asked me if I made a decision while he had me open if I wanted my tubes done I said sure why not. It seemed like this whole process was taking forever and then all of sudden he started yelling at the nurses about getting him diffrent suture sizes then more time passes and I think the epidural ran out cause in a blink of an eye it felt like someone was ripping my guts out I managed to get out it hurt it hurts then all I remember is him yelling put her to sleep put her to sleep . I woke up my daughter was being rushed to all childrens because she was having breathing difficulties. I asked one of the nurses once I became more cohearant what happened during my c section and she said please please dont say a word to Dr Umstead but all she can tell me is I started bleeding really bad. He released me maybe 24 hrs later so I could go be with my daughter. I went to my follow up appointments had my staples removed when it was time and carried on. Then about 2 months later I kept getting this weird ripping pain in my lower abdomen one day I went to the rest room wiped and to my surprise there was a thickish white string I dont know if youve seen a suture that has been removed but it looked exactly like that. I was in shock I called and made an appointment and YES saved it to show them I wasnt crazy. Went to my appointment and then came I guess his so infamous statement that I now have read about quite a few times "thats not possible" I left feeling so confused and like I was really crazy. I never went back. I hope that some one considering seeing him reads all of these reviews and others on different sites and doesnt have to say he said /did the same exact thing to me!!!! this was supposed to have been one of the best expirences in my life and it was by far that in anyway . I should have changed drs but I didnt please reconsider if your even considering having him as your "DR" are you going to be one of the few hes nice to or one of the ones like myself that have had not even a slightly not so good expirence but a plain out terrible one one. After these many years I still remember it like yesterday PS I also read on here , that someone else mentioned having to get "monitered"the last couple weeks..... Same exact thing happened to me I had to go to the hospital a bunch of times for nonfetal stress test. Because her heart rate wasnt how it should be.... Makes me wonder now as she had no heart issues .

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Angie Patrick

I began seeing Dr. Umstead in October 2012 for the pregnancy of my first (and only) child. Here I am, 2 years after my son was born, as many of my friends are now starting their families as well, and Im hearing what wonderful experiences they all have had with their Doctors. I did not have this special experience that every parent deserves and wanted to share my opinion of this Doctor publicly so that other parents look elsewhere and can have a better experience than I had. I found him to be the same way that many of the other reviews describe. TERRIBLE bed side manner, rarely looks you in the eye, brushes off your questions as if you are an idiot and dont deserve to have your questions or concerns addressed or fully answered. Very dry sense of humor that is easily taken by a patient as just plain rude. This is how he was throughout my entire pregnancy. My son was breach so I had to have a C-section which he suggested we do a "turning process" to turn my baby downward to avoid surgery, which hurt like hell and did not work. He sent me to the hospital for 8-10 hours a day at least 3 days a week for the last 2 months of my pregnancy for "monitoring" which I believe was to milk Medicaid for every penny he could at the expense of my time and comfort. Many times during my pregnancy he tried to talk me out of circumcising my baby as if I was cruel to do such a thing. I was a soon to be single mom with no family in town and he gave me zero idea on when my surgery would take place so I could make sure a friend could be there with me and acted as if I was a diva for telling him I needed a date scheduled so I didnt have to have the happiest day of my life without anyone I care for at my side. Once my son was born he never once came in my room after my C-section to check on me or congratulate me. Later in the day I asked the nurse when my sons circumcision would be performed and she told me that Dr. Umstead had left town on vacation and would do the procedure when he got back!!!!!!!! At that point I was not letting him near my baby and ended up taking my son to a Pediatric Urologist that cost me $700.00 after Id already paid Umstead $300.00 which I never got back. This experience of having my first baby should have been magical but this Doctor made it a nightmare. NEVER GO TO THIS DOCTOR. Anyone else would be better than what I dealt with.

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Lisa Adamski

Worst experience EVER at a doctor office!! I walk into my appointment, no one is at the front desk for 20 minutes! Then, they start calling people back. Im still sitting waiting to even be acknowledged as a new patient, 30 minutes after my scheduled appointment. When one of the staff came out, I asked if it was normal practice to wait around for so long!? I finally got seen 48 minutes after my appointment time and then was told from the nurse or whatever she was, that she doesnt like to be disrespected in front of other patients. EXCUSE ME?!? I didnt know asking a question about how long it takes to be seen was disrespectful. Maybe if the staff actually did their job and let people know what was going on in the office and that the doctor wasnt even there!!!! I eventually cooled down, I know things happen and would want my doctor there too. We were advised to come back in about an hour because he would be back by then so we went to eat, didnt help that I was very hangry either. We came back after an hour and still waited for 45 min but knowing the situation it wasnt so bad. The staff was friendlier, especially since I wasnt so moody. Honestly, they are dealing with pregnant hormonal women!! You should ALWAYS be pleasant!! Finally saw the doctor, only for him to ask me 3x if I was pregnant and how far along I was. Once again, getting annoyed, I said you tell me, youre the doctor (after I advised from my calculation how far along I was). He then made it very clear that he did not want to see me as a patient stating that Im too high risk for him. Said I had too much anxiety and because my first born was a heavier than normal weight for being 6 weeks early?!? He told me to go find another doctor and then walked out So after the wonder experience I had with the WHOLE visit, I let him know that he just contributed to my "anxiety". I would NEVER recommend this place.