My Pregnancy Place

Have been a patient of dr Rainer for years, was transferred to dr Amir Marashi and he practices here. So far he has performed two surgeries and I like his disposition. Clean office, friendly staff (although now it sounds like they have reception girls who don’t know what they are doing!) they can’t tell their foot from their elbow.
The wait time has improved vastly from when dr. Rainer was hear. All my friends and some family used to see Dr. Rainer and have all warned me about Dr. Halstead. I heard she is not the nicest person and if they have to see her instead they will not go. So whoever is in charge of your staffing needs to address Dr. Halstead. Make sure when you make your appointment you see whom you are supposed to see. The wait time needs improvement as well. Don’t make an appointment and see your patients 2 hrs later.

Run! Dr Halstead is by far the worst Dr I’ve ever seen. Not a very nice woman and comes on very aggressive and harsh as if she has it «out» for you. Again, Run!

Dr Halstead is such a pig. She acts as if she’s doing you a favor when she is getting paid for her profession. Good d knows. Run ppl

My pregnancy place turned Professional Gynecological Services had me feeling kinda down today. Last week I went for my sonogram and all they saw was a sac. Today I went in and did a repeat and to my fulfillment, there was a heartbeat! My Dr. Last week was Bridget and then Dr. Halstead took over my chart. Walked into the examining room introducing herself to me and not even acknowledging or saying a hello to my fiancée who by the way help me conceive our baby smh. No congratulations. She had an attitude like IDGAF about your pregnancy. She was very abrasive and cold. She asked about my pregnancy history and she started pointing out all negative could’ve wouldve situations that are now past tense (18 years ago) Bully type with a huge gut of a stomach which is why her spoiled, unhappy ass treat her potential patients the way she does. I feel if your job makes you miserable, jump ship! Don’t put out negative vibes to women who are vulnerable, sensitive and pregnant. I’m transferring my chart to another prenatal service. Thank you meany, Dr. Halstead but you can keep it up your huge gut fatty!!!
I would never recommend my worst enemy to her.

I had few appointments here a few years back. I have to agree with the other reviewers about long waits, a number of rude staff members, poor bedside manner, and ridiculous movies playing in the waiting room.
My first 2 appointments were with Rainer. I felt like I was being rushed along and he had a strange, cold manner in the way he spoke, but I brushed it off. The next appointments were with Halstead, whom I felt more comfortable with. I was sent for sonograms and, unfortunately, the results were alarming. I was pregnant and extremely frightened. The sonographer told me I’d need to see Dr. Rainer immediately and he actually saw me the next morning (seeing me the following morning is the only reason «mypregnancyplace» is getting 1 star). I didn’t wait long before he saw me and my husband in his office.
I know the situation seemed grim, but when he discussed the sonogram results, he seemed cold as ice and not very helpful. He basically told me that I was now a «high risk» pregnancy and «mypregnancyplace» doesn’t handle high risk pregnancies. He coldly bid us farewell, handed me a card referring us to another OBGYN (who thankfully was a very caring doctor who delivered my baby a few months later!). What a horrible way to treat an expecting mother going through a difficult pregnancy :(
And I have to say this: Mypregnancyplace strikes me as the type of establishment to coerce customers to leave positive reviews for their office by offering incentives (who knows what?) for
«4÷5 star reviews». Just a thought ;)

Not very professional. They overbook and you can wait for hours before being seen. I was seen by Dr. Halstead and first impressions are everything. I found her to lack a bedside manner and come off very abrasive. Today I needed to get a referral and test results, she was unavailable due to delivering a baby and there were no other doctors available. I’m glad I didn’t take off work. I will return to get my test results however, this place is not for me. I would not recommend this GYN.

loved the neighborhood, loved the location so i had great expectations as i went into the elevator to the 4^th floor
everything went wrong after that. Firstly, the woman administering the sonogram did not warn me before she inserted the wand! ouch!
secondly, Marie, whoever she was that was taking the weight and height in the little room at the entrance was sooo ghetto! She sat there sucking and chewing sunflower seeds as my finger was hooked up to the monitoring machine. Going into the room i made a joke, asking her not to tell me my weight because i had a big lunch, before both feet got off the scale she blurted out my weight! How insensitive.
Lastly, Dr. Rainer was ready to diagnose and prescribe right after the exam. he left me with a horrible feeling. I had alot of questions to ask him and all he told me was get dressed and the girls will speak to me, by girls he meant the receptionists and by speak with me he meant give me prescription for birth control (which i did not even get to express my concerns about them) and one girl waiting for me to make an appt for a procedure he expplained veryyyy fast.
i will be going for a 2^nd opinion and if i don’t not hear from them about any abnormalties in my pap smear results i will NOT be going back
when i left there i sat in my car confused, depressed and with MORE QUESTIONS than i had going in.
good-​luck finding a thorough doctor in NYC’s hustle and bustle, better off going to planned parenthood!

I’ve never waited so long to see a doctor. It’s OB/​Gyn!!! There are two doctors there and I’ve seen them both.
90 minutes is too long of a wait time, and that was with me badgering them about the inappropriate wait time at both visits. Nevermind that they don’t even give you an update during the entire wait time… In summary, a place that makes you wait
that long to see you doesn’t value your time & that’s disrespectful to me.
I went two times too many. The first time left a bad impression but I thought it was a fluke, just a bad workday for them. When it happened again, I switched OB/Gyn’s immediately.
And they both rushed through their appointments with me.
Also, many patients’ privacies were seriously violated. The doctor I had at my second visit was talking extremely loudly with a few of the receptionists about a few patients and their personal gynecological issues along with judging & making fun of them.
VERY unprofessional and crass.
I go to one now that doesn’t have ridiculous wait times, doesn’t violate your privacy talking about other patients, and doesn’t rush through appointments.

Dr. Halstead is one of the worst doctors I have ever been to. There are two doctors at this place — I did not see Dr. Rainer.
I went to her for my annual exam. I waited an hour and 45 minutes. There were over 20 patients in the waiting room. When I finally saw her, Dr. Halstead spent a total of around 5 minutes doing my exam. She was so rushed that I was only able to ask one question.
Three weeks later, her office called to tell me I had abnormal test results. I asked if they were bad, and the girl on the phone informed me that while they couldn’t give results over the phone, «no news is good news,» which was an evil f**cking thing to say. When I went in to get my results, I waited 2 hours before complaining, and then they put me in an office. 30 minutes later, I walked up to the doctor, simply said, «Dr. Halstead, we’ve been waiting here two and a half hours» and she immediately started bitching (there is no other word — it wasn’t yelling but it wasn’t polite) that her partner was late and she was doing all she could and I should just go back to the room and wait.
She came in a minute after that and spent, literally, less than 60 seconds to tell me that I had bad test results and needed followup tests, using words like «really bad» and «urgent.» Again, she was very rushed and the one question I had time to ask before she walked out got a very unsatisfactory answer. I was trying not to cry throughout the whole encounter and she couldn’t have given less of a crap.
After leaving, I was terrified due to her demeanor and immediately went home to research my condition, at which point I found out that of the women who have this condition, 90% never develop symptoms, and 90% of those who do can be cured. Additionally, I had gotten a copy of my lab results, and one of the things she told me wasn’t even correct.
I would NEVER in a million years go to this doctor again or recommend her to anyone.
Edit 6÷19÷12: This office is now using my phone number in a completely inappropriate way. Yesterday, I got two text messages from Dr. Ranier’s office trying to sell me the «abortion pill» and a vaginal wash, advising me to «SHARE WITH 10 FRIENDS.» Absolutely ridiculous.

This is one of the best, I have been a patient for years to be exact goes back to when he was at Planned Parenthood, in the late 80’s after giving birth to my son, who is 29 yrs old. A very dear friend referred him to me after she gave birth with him. I give praise and thanks to Dr. Robert Rainer MD. He is one of those doctors who really cares to me compared to going to a Dr. i dont know! So how could i trust them? We really must be informed and aware of all factors and risk of our health issues as woman and continue to monitor our bodies is what i have learned over the years. Staff is very nice and courteous, wait can be time consuming but there is media entertainment to keep you occupied and it’s your health that is more important… is that worth the wait or what?

I really want to give them five stars but the wait time is just retarded. The doctors are really great tho!