Dr. Christine Talmage, MD

Similarly to the other post here, I had a similar experience. She was inattentive, forced me to lie on my back while pushing when I was more comfortable being upright. Lying flat on my back made the pain very intense and I was very nauseated where I was almost vomiting while pushing and felt out of control. We did not know who she was-we had to look at her badge. She came in the room as I was pushing and did not support my vaginal area leading up to pushing and I tore. I don’t even think she congratulated us on the birth of our baby before leaving the room. Don’t let her ruin your birth experience!

Would not recommend, unfortunately had no choice since she was on when I had my baby. My delivery experience was subpar with her. She isn’t even the doctor from my practice so you would think she would go above and beyond to take an extra minute to say hi early into my labor to make me feel comfortable with who she is. I did not trust her and I feel worrying my entire labor stalled things and produced unnecessary stress and anxiety. It was business as usual for her and she was not professional or compassionate. It takes less than 5 minutes to gain someone’s trust. Unfortunately this bad experience will stick with me always when I think about the birth of my baby.