Pedi Interviews

negrilbride07

At what point in the pregnancy do you begin interviewing them?

mrsolsenk12

Most people start in the late 3rd tri. I was intending to ask my MFM about recommendations at my 36 1/2 week appointment but went into labor before that happened. Thankfully DH was in the frame of mind to ask and he recommended someone to us. We love him.

LCB34

I am starting in the next few weeks.  I want to have our Pedi selected by 28 weeks and don't know how long the process will take us.

smilee

I have to get on this!

My OB gave us some recommendations, and we have family in the area that have given us recs.  Now I just need to follow through on it!

PhillySue

We never did any interviews.  Late in my 3rd trimester I picked a pedi near our house that a friend recommended. 

krissyh21

We never did. I went with a recc from the NICU and could not be happier

jmkatz

We didn't really interview.  We looked at a few places online, picked one that had a great website and great feedback from parents in the area and went with them.

We did, however, go tour the practice when I was like 36 weeks.  We went ahead and filled out a lot of history and stuff at that time too, so it was nice not to have to do it with a newborn in tow. 

caityr

I have started investigating them already. But I am ready to ask my ob for recs b/c I am not finding anyone who will even sit down with me-all these pediatric groups seem to think that is a huge inconvenience.

pinkcallalily

I started looking at websites and stuff around the beginning of my 3rd trimester and I think we started interviewing around 34-35 weeks.  We really thought we would just talk to one because she had great reviews and our OB recommended her, but we really didn't like her and she gave us some incorrect information on a kidney condition our baby has.  We ended up talking to 2 more and really liked both of them.  I guess we won't really know if we like the one we picked until the baby is born and we start going there.

roaringrock

I didn't. I simply went with a referral from good friends.

sourpop

I just made my first appointment to meet ours on April 20th. A friend recommended him, and its close - so we will most likely go with him.

RoxBride

I never interviewed any, I went based on the recommendations of friends who had a similar parenting style to mine.

Ke11y

I have my interviews scheduled for next week (I'll be 36 weeks).  Good luck!

negrilbride07

Thanks for the feedback ladies!

chocolatechip06

I went with a practice that is down the street from us (across from the Children's Hospital).  Only 2 docs there are accepting new patients so I just picked one of them.

It does not really matter to me, since we will only be here until LO is 3 months old at the least.

I'm already looking for recommendations back home though and hopefully have found one, based on another Nestie's rec.