Hope Clinic For Women

I have been extremely blessed by the Hope Clinic. I recently moved to the Nashville area to be closer to my boyfriend. We found out we were pregnant around Christmas of last year. It was an exciting time in our lives, but also challenging. We were both in between jobs. My insurance didn’t even cover pregnancy. We made an appointment to get a pregnancy test as well as ultra sound at the hope clinic. I have been going there ever since. Now my baby is 2 months old! They offer great mentoring sessions as well as therapists to listen to you. During my maternity leave from my job, I was laid off. The hope clinic has classes you can attend which has great information of how to care for your baby, budgeting, and new moms groups. When you attend classes you get «hope bucks» which allows you to get diapers, wipes, clothes and food for your new baby. That has been a tremendous help during the past few months. It’s great to know there are people that truly care about you and your family. Thank you :)

I feel like the woman who gave this place a 1 star rating must be talking about a completely different location. I had a wonderful experience at the Hope Clinic. Everyone was extremely kind and supportive throughout the entire visit. I would highly recommend it to anyone. :)

I had an extremely off-​putting experience at the Hope Clinic. I came in for a Pap smear and STD testing, since I had heard that they had the cheapest rates for STD testing in the area. This was my very first appointment regarding anything ‘down there’, so I was understandably nervous (I am in college and recently became sexually active). The nurse practitioner eventually came in after I had disrobed from the waist down, and asked me when I had become sexually active as well as the number of partners I have had (both of which I had already written down on the intake forms.) When I told her, she gasped, seemingly horrified, and asked me, «Why?!» Apparently my number of sexual partners disturbed her enough to abandon her role of *****reproductive healthcare provider***** and ask me why, in fact, I had chosen to have sex. I don’t believe that she had a legitimate medical reason to ask me why I chose to start having sex, as the reasoning behind it only goes towards my ‘morality’, and not my health. She later went on to say that while having multiple sexual partners risks my physical health, I also «give a part of my heart away each time you do it with someone new». Apparently, I had been giving too many parts of my heart away for her liking. Before leaving, I told her that although this is a Christian clinic, I didn’t appreciate the way she had demonized my sexual history. She responded by saying that «it wasn’t from a Christian point of view, it was from a woman’s point of view». So apparently I am not only a bad Christian, but a bad woman. The way in which she put me down rather than simply provided me with the services that I had paid for– a Pap smear and STD testing– was unprofessional and incredibly hurtful. I would much rather pay extra or travel further than be subjected to this level of judgment again.
TLDR; I was openly judged for my sexual history… at a women’s clinic specializing in reproductive health.