NCDR: Finding a pediatrician

YellowLily2013

Since I like you girls better than my BMB. I thought I'd ask here.

1. How to did you find your pediatrician?

2. Have you heard of meet and greet appts to determine if you like the pediatrician and or practice? Did you have one? Did it cost money?

Thanks ladies!!

veruca5839

1. I asked for recommendations on my local baby board.  I also asked the nurse who taught our birth class.

2. Yes, we had a meet and greet appointment.  It didn't cost anything.

Into+the+Kitty

My pediatrician is actually J's childhood ped. We called to see if they would accept A, and they actually scheduled the meet and greet appointment first. They basically told us how the practice runs, and we also discussed A's immediate care after she was born (if she was a boy would we be circumcizing, are we planning on breastfeeding, how long we should expect to stay in the hospital, what tests and medicines they typically administer, etc). It didn't cost any money, and it was really nice getting a chance to meet all the staff.

If I hadn't known the practice through J, I would probably have just asked other moms in my area who they use and what they thought of their availability and care.

YellowLily2013

Wow! I'm super jealous!

I got a recommendation list from my birthing center. So I assumed it would be pretty good. And sounded like the same thing a friend of mine did, who also used the same birthing center.

I asked for a meet and greet and they were confused and said they didn't offer one. But maybe could make something up. And it would cost 141 dollars since insurance wouldn't cover it! And that was for a 10 min appt.

Needless to say I wasn't very thrilled with all of this.

Maybe I'll try to get more information from my friend.

Bemyselfandi

My ob gave me the name of our pedi. I'm so thankful I went with her recommendation and not sil suggestion.

zaraceligon

I asked my  doctor,and she give us a few names of ped that she works best with,so we met her at the hospital when my LO born,while my doctor was making sure that placenta was caming out the ped was making sure my LO was fine,she was that one who was taking care of all the proces that they do to babies when they born,since then we are with her.

sarenu1

We asked two friends with kids and they suggested the same doctor.


We called and scheduled a meet and greet. He went over their practices, services, clinic hours and answered our questions.

I also found out that our doctor has received several awards for care and service.

Also, our network allows for online scheduling, email, and all of the information given during the appointments is accessible there. It's really nice.

DaisyJanie

I got a rec from our birthing center, and it turned out my friend went to the same one, so we chose that one. I asked about meeting the pedi while I was pregnant, and they said sure, but I ended up not doing it. I wasn't really sure what I would ask. I figured if I didn't like the pedi's advice or the office or whatever, I'd just switch somewhere else.

unaveragejane

I asked friends for recommendations. I called several to ask for meet-and-greets. If they didn't do that, we didn't try them. I initially liked the second doctor I interviewed, but I didn't like how he treated my son. Now we are with another recommended pedi, but I am a little nervous b/c the office's views on vaccinations differ from ours. I'm pretty sure we'll be finding another doc soon.

CLLDLL

1. We started using a pedi SIL recommended.  However, my DS1 had some allergy/health issues that started acting up around 3 weeks old.  That pedi kept brushing us off saying that it was just colic and we were just paranoid FT parents.  Eventually I pushed her to test his stool, and lo and behold the pH level was wrong.  Needless to say we fired her & found a new pedi on a recommendation from two of my co-workers.  We LOVE her.  So the moral of my story is, trust your gut.  If you think something's not right, it probably isn't even if a pedi says it's fine.  You know your kid better, even if you are a FTM.

2. Ours has "meet and greet" nights once every 2-3 months that don't cost anything.

jesstellina

We all three go to our family doctor. I had already been seeing him for about a year when DD was born, so I just asked if he would take her as a new patient, and he said yes. He didn't have admitting privileges where I delivered, so he met her for the first time at her 2-week checkup. I love him. The ONLY thing I think I miss by not being at a pediatric office is that the nurses may not be quite as skilled at measuring her length (before she was walking) and head circumference. Other than that, I've been totally satisfied with our experiences there.