Laura Hanson Downing

"I Highly recommend Dr. Laura Downing and the entire staff at Austin OBGYN Associates and St David’s Medical center. Throughout my pregnancy she was warm welcoming and highly informative. She took the time to listen to concerns and I never felt rushed. After having some previous pregnancy traumas with other doctors, I was so relieved to have found her at the recommendation of another great doc, Dr. Claire Kelly out of Houston. When it came time to deliver, both Dr. Laura and the nursing staff at St. David’s were supportive of my minimal intervention birth plan and were my biggest cheerleaders throughout a 39hr labor. I did opt for intervention towards the end and Dr. Laura performed the c-section to bring our baby boy into the world. My care before during and after was unbelievable and I can’t thank all who were involved enough."

"Love Dr. Downing and feel safe in her capable hands. She is always receptive to my concerns and takes time to patiently answer my questions. Also, the location can’t be beat. This is a very good place to go if you want to deliver your baby at St. David’s main. I haven’t had any problems with staff, but I’m sorry to those who have. I know it’s hard for the physicians; they don’t have as much choice in their staff due to high turnover in the industry."

"Unfortunately as much as I like Dr. Downing, the staff was rude, short with me, and super slow. I was dealing with some serious things. I already had to wait a month before I even had first appointment to figure out what was going on with me. I get that they might be booked but I considered what I was dealing with to be serious for my health in the long run. I have to ride the bus or uber bc my location is pretty darn far and it takes up most of my day to get there and come back. So I have to make sure everything is settled and taken care of before I leave. Fast forward a week after my appointment I still hadn't heard anything, another week after that goes by and I am still waiting. (I called almost every other day to see if anything has come in) another week goes by and I had to consistently call to find my results. It just felt like they were taking their time because they "have more important patients." So after almost 3 entire weeks go by I get my results and they presribed my antibiotics but I never got confirmation on what my results were.. An ENTIRE month goes by and i had some serious complications. I decided to make an appointment with Austin Regional Clinic since my boyfriend goes there and he found out about his results in just 2 days of waiting! They call me, and tell me a whole month later that they "didn't have enough specimen." At this point I was extremely frustrated and in a lot of pain having to deal with what I was going through. Fortunately ARC made an appointment with me same day I made the call and I got treated for the things I was dealing with, with no hesitation. This threw things off with my boyfriend and I and prolonged our situation up until now. 4 months later. So from May up until today( end of September) They need to work on communicating with one another and updating patients sooner than way later. Nobody should have to deal with such a complicated situation as mine was. I hope this is a wake up call for the OBGYN. Have a good day."

"The doctor was great - no complaints - she seems smart and on top of it. She’s nice, patient and knowledgeable. The facility is clean and conveniently located. However, I have to give the place 2 stars bc of the staff. They are cold, very rude and extremely slow. I regret that I will not be returning purely because I don’t want to have to deal with the staff again, which I’m bummed by bc I liked Dr Downing."

"Dr. Downing is very knowledgeable and personable! The office is always very clean and cute and everyone I meet is very nice. Laura Downing made sure I understood everything when she was explaining to me and I am very happy with her as my doctor!"