Megan

I recently delivered a healthy girl with the exceptional support of Dr. Kamilla Hallier and Ann Sophie. Although I am effusive in my thanks and appreciation with them, they often reiterate that it is their work and philosophy to support the “pregnancy and delivery the patient wants”. They stayed true to this and provided constant, thorough and compassionate Obstetrics support throughout my pregnancy, 22 hour labor/delivery and postpartum. I found the level of care superior to my experiences in the US and definitely the Spanish medical culture (*please refer to my additional experience with a Spanish OB GYN below if you are interested). To be candid, if I had not found Dr. Hallier I would have not felt comfortable having my child outside of my home country(US) with the support of family as she provided extensive support, consultation and guidance throughout. Upon reflecting on the experience, I am overwhelmingly appreciative of Dr. Hallier’s and Ann Sophie’s professionalism, management of my delivery(consistent with my birth plan) and my husband and I as a family. Both of us feel very strongly regarding Dr. Hallier and her substantial role in making the experience so positive; we often consider what the experience would have been like in the States and we are quite confident it would have not been as personalized and supported. Lastly, Dr. Hallier and Ann Sophie have continued to be in communication with me 3 weeks after delivery demonstrating an exceptional interest in our well being and professionalism.
Many thanks to Dr. Hallier and Ann Sophie for highly personalized and positive birth experience; we absolutely would have not had with another doctor!
Additional History-My husband and I were thrilled when we found out we were expecting our first child in mid July while visiting our family in the States. Upon returning to Madrid, I scheduled an appointment with the OB GYN who I was seeing who works out of a private office. I saw him solely due to his affiliation with an English speaking physicians office as his bedside manner was extremely dated and not aligned with the level of care I have previously received in the States. After a few visits and his constant encouragement of a C-section for me ( I am a healthy individual with no complications) and even going so far to boldly assert that his “c section scars are hidden by the smallest of bikinis” in my 14th week of pregnancy and my seeming anxiety after an appointment, my husband found the IWHCM and Dr. Kamilla online. I promptly met with her in my 17th week and switched to her upon the first appointment as I felt completely at ease when discussing my birth plan and confident that she would support my husband and I without our families throughout the process. Further, she confidently and thoroughly walked me through pregnancy, appointments and a positive delivery as if she was family.