Sea Mar Skagit Valley Womens Health - Mount Vernon (WA)

1 /5 Sara: I was a patient at this clinic in 2021 while pregnant with my 1st child. I didn’t realize until now, being pregnant with my 2nd child, and under the care of a Virginia Mason clinic, what terrible care I received here. At the time, I had nothing to compare the experience to, but now, looking back, I realize I was treated so poorly by Dr. Allam. I was around 200lbs when I got pregnant with my daughter, and like most people in Washington state, I was a recreational cannabis user, but stopped as soon as I found out I was pregnant. Those 2 things automatically put me in the “high risk” category, and between that classification, and the fact that I was a Medicaid patient, I ultimately received the bare bones treatment, and was given little to no consent on the type of care I received. (I am around the same BMI now, and my midwife at my new clinic is not classifying me as high risk) At my 1st ultrasound appt, Dr. Allam assumed she would not be able to see my baby with a transabdominal US, and automatically shoved the vaginal probe inside of me with very little warning or care. At my new clinic, the tech told me she would only do transvaginal if absolutely necessary, and it turned out she had a perfectly clear view of the baby through the transabdominal scan. I was given limited information at every appt, and basically made to feel like a fat POS who was risking my unborn child at every appt, despite the fact that I had a completely uncomplicated pregnancy— no adverse symptoms, no preeclampsia, no gestational diabetes— and delivered a healthy, full term baby at 39 weeks vaginally. Post partum care was a joke. The doctors at Sea Mar really don’t seem to care about their patients well-being or preferences at all. And as I go through the clinical notes for all my appts for that pregnancy, I see several times where they blatantly lied, like in my after birth visit where I told them I was struggling with milk production, and the doctor wrote “no issues with breast feeding.” I am so glad to have double insurance coverage and was able to select better OB care this time around, because looking back, my experience with Sea Mar was terrible.

1 /5 MP Benedict-Shattuck: THIS GROUP IS DEPLORABLE! I recommend avoiding their services if at all possible. On the two occasions I booked an appointment, the doctor did not show up. While I can understand the Dr needs to be present at the birth of newborns, I cannot fathom why the clinic could not even bother to call (on the second occasion) and save me an hours driving time,the cost of fuel, and the time arranged from away from work. Think of it this way: if a group of people cannot even understand how to use a phone, or comprehend the impact of their cavalier attitudes towards other peoples time and expense, then I can only conclude they cannot be trusted to handle important matters such as lab results, lab sample protocols, let alone diagnostic interpretations. My conclusion is simply logical. Again, I do not recommend this facility.

3 /5 Hannah H: I had to reschedule 3 different times then when I went there, I was waiting a half an hour before a receptionist told me the Dr was 2 hrs behind. I scheduled with a different doctor they had. He was very quick, straight to the point, and I was out quickly.

5 /5 Danna Lukman, MSE-ESOL: Everyone was quite helpful and kind while I was here. The Dr. was also truly kind and helpful.