Schmitz Martha, MD

I love Dr. Schmidt! I felt very well cared for and appreciated all of the guidance through my first pregnancy. At one point I got a scratch on my cornea over a holiday (new years maybe?) and although the office was closed she called me on her day off to go over which antibiotics were safe for me to use during pregancy. Also, she delivers out of St. Davids North which was fantastic.

WORST DOCTOR EVER !! First off you don’t see the doctor you see an assistant. Even at 32 weeks I was getting seen by an assistant and had only met the doctor twice. She is rude and told me «I’m too young to have a baby «at the age 21 which is uncalled for. I would not recommend her to anyone. Even the medical assistants there are so rude.

Dr. Shmitz is both rude and incompetent. I was misdiagnosed and hospitalized for PID when I initially called complainting of pain with sex and was desperate after waiting 3 wks only to see her nurse. I was given the antibiotic Flagle. That worked, but I developed a yeast infection soon after. And with a slight fever and burning, she never tested for yeast or ruled that out before she scared me onto being admitted to hospital where I was pumped with more antibiotics interveneously for 3 days. (Uninsured) In the hospital I was upset as this was straining my marriage, finances and life. The hospital nurse suggested an anti anxiety and her nurse practitioner, Barbra suggested instead some allergy medication that caused drowsiness along with a side affect of raising blood pressure even though my BP was already elevated with the pain and stress. I was discouraged from researching my own condition and asking questions. All she could do is suggest exploratory surgery. Instead I bought a yeast infection kit and did an over the counter treatment kit and then went on with my life.
When I was in pain, depressed, sick and confused, she made it worse. «First do no harm?“I want my money back and the experience gone from my mind. My conditioned was resolved but this will always be with me. If she was the only MD within reach I would take my chances and go with my own gut. I could go on about numerous other insensitivites and errors, but would rather forget. Beware ladies.

What a Joke. After the initial visit in which I got to see a nurse and not Dr. Schmitz, they scheduled me for a follow up ultrasound a few weeks later.
My husband and me rearranged our work schedules a week in advance so we could be free and go to the ultrasound appointment, only to be called early in the morning the same day of the appointment and be told by the nurse that Dr. Schmitz has too many patients to see and won’t have time to do the ultrasound.
What?! UNPROFESSIONAL! And a waste of our time.
Needless to say we changed to another OBGYN

Dr. Schmitz is absolutely amazing and my birth experience was exceptional. She continues to be a great gynecologist as well. She was with me through a very serious miscarriage and through the incredible birth of my daughter. She has a fantastic mix of traditional medicine with natural birthing practices. And, I was 39 when I had my daughter. She never once made me feel too old to have a child. In fact, it was quite the opposite. She saw no problem with my age at all. I highly recommend her as she’s compassionate, brilliant and down to earth.

I gave Dr. Schmitz two stars instead of one because she did «let» me have a VBAC with my second child and the birth experience was wonderful.
However, she is super controlling and my blood pressure used to go up whenever I went for my prenatal visits because she would harp on me about my weight gain and tell me horror stories about diabetics giving birth to babies with broken bones, etc.
Despite my status as overweight and diabetic, I was able to control my blood sugar and give birth to three exceptionally healthy babies, no thanks to her scare tactics.
I finally left her and had my third baby with a much more reasonable doctor.
If you are very timid and like to be pushed around, please do use Dr. Schmitz. If you are educated and think for yourself, go elsewhere.

I’ve been going to Dr. Schmitz for 5 years after getting a referral from a midwife friend. She is the most caring, compassionate, thorough, comprehensive physician I’ve had in Austin. She takes her time and even addresses issues non-​ob/​gyn related and answers any questions. The MA’s are incredibly nice and the front office staff is efficient and responsive. I’ve sent a few friends to her as well and they’ve all had really good experiences.

Fantastic Doctor and Fantastic Experience! I’ve been seeing Dr. Schmitz since I was 19 and that is exactly half of my life. I wouldn’t go anywhere else. I agree that the office staff has (at times) seemed busy and that can come off as rude. However, the Dr and all of the staff have always been wonderful, compassionate and welcoming. 5 Stars for sure!

I’m really shocked by the bad reviews here because Dr. Schmitz is by far the best doctor experience I’ve had in Austin.
After the birth of my twins I had complications and while the doctor who delivered them rushed off to a party (yes, that’s how they are at OB GYN North, another story) Dr. Schmitz took care of me with so much kindness and skill. Not only did she resolve everything that happened to me, but she also respected my wishes and insisted that the nurses bring my babies back to me right away so that I could successfully breastfeed them.
I was so happy with Dr. Schmitz, and not so impressed with the doctors and midwives at OB GYN North, that I changed to her practice. I recently had an appointment and found all of the staff to be pleasant and efficient, and Dr. Schmitz was as great as I remembered. She took her time talking with me, was very thorough, and never once did I feel rushed (as I have with almost every other ob gyn visit).
I am not a frequent « Unilocaler» but I really feel like I had to say something about such positive experiences.
I want to add that I just looked at the «filtered reviews» for this practice and found that they are all quite positive! Wow. Take your time and read for yourself before you focus on the negative here…

I totally agree with the other reviews. The reason the address and phone number is wrong is because they moved from there to current location (4007 James Casey St, Suite A240, Austin, TX 78 745). I would not recommend this doctor to anyone. On the night of my delivery when I called the doctor she didn’t even know who I was. Can you believe that. I have been visiting her from the day I got pregnant and on the day of my delivery she didn’t know who I was. The whole delivery was a night mare for me. Nothing was done properly. Luckily I did not have a c-​section that is because my labour time was very short. I would not recommend this doctor to any one and who every is considering this doctor should definitely look else where

I actually never had an appointment with this doctors office. I don’t credit any of Nic’s reviews because all that I’ve read seems really messed up. So I gave this doctors office a call anyway! I called to make an appointment and the receptionist was extremely unprofessional and rude. I explained that this was my first pregnancy and would like to get in to see WHATEVER doctor possible at her office, but the receptionist didnt seem to care at all and said I could schedule in a month. *no option for a waiting list I guess* Needless to say, I’m going somewhere else, and dont ever plan to make an appt here. (Hill Country OBGYN, and the receptionist was super friendly! I’ll keep you updated!)

Martha Schmitz is headstrong and does not have an open mind with her patients. She does things her way and will not really listen. She made my first pregnancy a bad experience and made me feel very old having a baby at 34 years old. She also tried to insist on an amnio even though I told her I wasn’t comfortable with the dangers of an amnio. At delivery-​time, she over-​rode our previous discussions about no drugs and no C – Sections and decided to call a C-​Section because of «Failure to Progress». In reality, it was 6pm and she didn’t want to wait for the baby to arrive naturally, but instead wanted to go home for dinner. (Another Doctor later told me he agreed with this). I was crying as they wheeled me into the room for C-​Sections and pleading with her reminding her that we had discussed this. They had to strap down my arms with belts as they cut me open. That C-​Section was not necessary and she ruined my birth experience. I would never, ever recommend this lady if you are pregnant. She might be fine for annual exams though, I suppose. If you have any questions, email me at
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