Rakhi C Dimino, MD

With my first baby, she gave me an unneccessary c-​section because it was a holiday when my water broke. I came in at 7am — had the c-​section at 1pm. First baby labor can be around 4 – 24 hours. She came in at 10am when I was fully dilated and throughout the hour, at least 3 times to ask me to do a c-​section and than at noon she told me my baby’s heart rate is at 150 and my baby can have issues if I dont do a c-​section immediately and of course I didn’t want anything happening to my baby so I said ok.
My medical record didn’t say anything about the baby heart rate, just failure to descend. I just needed more time to push which I was not tired at all.
After my baby’s birth, I looked it up, this is normal for babies heart rate to be at 120 – 160. It is when it is 190 or something like that is when you want to do a c-​section.
I was rushed and pushed to have a c-​section when I didn’t need one.
And she lied saying the recovery would be the same as a vaginal birth.
It took me 9 months to completely heal from the c-​section.
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I just had my 2^nd baby doing a VBAC with a different OBGYN, it was diffenantly better than a c-​section and I was able to get up and about after a few hours of birth! I had my baby all natural it was too late to get an epidural. Vaginal birth was so much better for me, after 2 weeks I was completely healed! OBGYN didn’t cut me or anything, but I did have a little tear and had some stiches, my second baby was 6lbs 13oz (first one was 5lbs 12oz).

My gyn was the head instructor of gyn at a major university. When we moved several years ago I asked her for a recommendation and she immediately gave me Dr. Dimino’s name and address. She was highly recommended and she has not fallen short of the praise given to me by my former gyn. She is smart, thorough and extremely conscientious. The staff is responsible, returns calls and shows their concern. It may be true that there is a wait, and waiting room is cold but when you are considering the quality of your healthcare, then these are such slight issues that should have no bearing on your choice of a physician.

I’ve been going to Dr. Dimino for about 4 years now. It’s hard to find a good ob/​gyn that you can trust. She’s very warm and always there to answer questions. They call with results when they say they will. I’ve had several issues with insurance companies over the years and the office is always there to help me fill out paperwork that’s needed. The only downside is sometimes there is a wait (I’ve had to wait 30 minutes in the waiting room and an additional 30 minutes in the exam room once) and the parking, which can sometimes cost up to $ 6 if you’re there for 2 hours. They have a lab in the same building so that’s convenient.