Dr. Jose R. Matta, MD 513 Manatee Avenue East, Bradenton, FL 34208

"He is a great obgyn. He saved my life when my parents had me and kept my mom from another miscarriage due to hormone imbalance. I was born purple and flay lines twice i was without air for quite some time. I was 5 weeks early but at least he saved me. My umbellical cord was wrapped around my neck twice. Now i am pretty much 21 years old and going to him for my baby."

"After performing research and speaking to other obstetricians, it appears that my treatment was not ideal. At the end of my pregnancy, Dr. Matta said that the only option for a breech baby is scheduling a C-section. However, it is not suitable for his patients to receive no information or options regarding turning a baby into the ideal position (head-down) for birth. This is especially damaging to a patient like me, who had a strong desire to avoid all the risks, pain, and complications that come along with major surgery. When interviewing new obstetricians for my second pregnancy, I discovered that they would have offered an external version for my first breech baby. This is the standard of care for many doctors. I specifically requested an external version at 38-39 weeks, and Dr. Matta turned me down without much explanation. He only explained the benefits of scheduling a C-section as soon as possible. During our conversation, he focused on the importance of avoiding emergency C-sections, and I believe he gave me a false sense of emergency. According to American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a version has a 58% success rate and complications are rare. There are clearly no guarantees that a version would have worked for me, but given the chance, I at least would not regret that we did not do everything we could in order to avoid my C-section surgery. He informed me that my future deliveries would have to be C-sections as well. Fortunately, I now know to always get a second opinion and to do my own research. A vaginal delivery was definitely a safe and reasonable option for my second pregnancy (happy to have had a VBAC with a different doctor)."