Midwifery & Women'S Health

The office is nice and quiet and I never had to wait too long to be seen.  They always have someone on call for questions and if they did not answer right away they got back to me quickly.   I didn't feel rushed during appointments and had plenty of time to discuss issues/concerns. The staff was very pleasant and overall we had a very good experience.  
When I delivered at St. Vincent Karina Robbins was the provider that deliver our baby. Karina did a great job and was just kind of in the background while my husband was with me during labor.  While I was delivering she made suggestions when needed but was never overbearing which I appreciated. I  don't think she works there any longer but I have heard Laura Waylander did a great job with delivering a friend's two babies on separate occasions.  
I will say since the midwives  deliver the babies in the hospital sometimes you get the nursing staff at the hospital wanting to do things their way so if you want something a certain way writing a birth plan is not enough.  I recommend having someone (ie spouse, doula, mother...) there that can advocate what you want for your birth experience.  I don't think most of the staff intentionally go against what you want but they get used to doing things a certain way and don't always consider/ask what the mother wants. 
My specific things that didn't go accordingly were delayed cord clamping and skin-to-skin immediately after birth. Also, they did not ask me what position I wanted to birth in they just assumed semi-reclined was ok. As a fist time mom it would have been nice if they would have asked me what I wanted. Maybe for the delayed cord clamping they were concerned about our baby or me after but they did not say anything they just kind of cut the cord and took him over to the warming table. Overall, everything still went well and the nursing staff was pleasant.