Wow. Thank you for you response. I can't even imagine what you have been
through. I just wanted some insight as we have had a hard time finding any
doctor - ob or ped or gp - in Buffalo that treat you like a human being and a
partner in your health. It has been the most trying time for us and
disappointing since we like so many aspects of Buffalo. It has truly been a
shock to the system. So sorry for your losses.


--- On Fri, 2/6/09, Simbapurr@... <Simbapurr@...> wrote:

> From: Simbapurr@... <Simbapurr@...>
> Subject: [icanofbuffalo] Re: VBAC friendly providers in Buffalo?
> To: icanofbuffalo@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 6:18 PM
> I had Diane Sanfillipo (might not be spelled correctly) in
> 2007 for my pregnancy with little Fiona(5/24/07).  She is
> in a practice with Santos and a few others, in Orchard Park.
>  Dr. Santos is also very good.  I liked Dr. Sanfillipo a
> lot, very upfront, honest.  Unfortunately I didn't get
> far enough to really plan a VBA2C with her and I doubt she
> would have been supportive.  Not many drs are supportive of
> VBA2C though, especially given my history because my little
> Quinn (8/26/04-11/28/05) experienced significant brain
> damage and lived for 15 mos and 2 days.  I really don't
> think it was related to the VBAC attempt, but OBs tend to be
> quite spooked with those situations.  Anyway, I really
> liked the drs in that practice in OP.  There was only one
> that I didn't care for.  And I have enough life
> experience now that if someone isn't doing what they
> should for me, they're fired.  I still didn't get a
> living baby, but it wasn't her fault.  Most of them
> held out hope for a miracle and they were supportive and
> encouraging, right up until the end.  I got my VBA2C, but
> we all knew that Fiona wouldn't survive for long because
> it was just too early.  Even in the aftermath of
> Fiona's birth and death, Diane looked me in the eye and
> tried to help as much as she could.  I'm sorry that I
> can't be more specific, but I am out of state because my
> 60 yr old active mother died of complications of pancreatic
> cancer last week.  With my mom's deat
> h on top of everything else in my life, I'm really not
> thinking very clearly, so my apologies that I can't be
> more helpful.  My issues with Dr. P are from during/after a
> mc for my April baby in Sept 2006.  It's a long,
> traumatic story that I don't care to discuss.  To his
> credit, I did get a response to my letter and from what I
> hear, he doesn't treat other women like he treated me
> back then.  I guess there is that stereotype that women
> fall in love and worship their drs and it's better to be
> cautious and realistic.