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Contacting the Pediatrician

Moms--  before your bambino was born, did you meet with your pediatrician?  Or did you just make an appointment and hope for the best?
Mrs. JEGs
est 7.17.10 
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Hunter Fillmore
October 1, 2011 

Re: Contacting the Pediatrician

  • We met ours ahead of time, but I don't think it was necessary. Our doctor had little open houses on Monday nights, where new parents/patients could come in and talk to him.
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  • we made an appt and hoped for the best (after scouring online reviews and finding a location that worked for us).  it worked out okay with the doc but the office staff was horrible.  straight up horrible.  i had to throw out that i was dr. g to curb the attitude i got one day when i was referred to as mizzzzzz.   i don't think that a face to face with the doc before would have helped to find that out since they were great on the phone when i called as a new patient.

    2nd ped is awesome and it was a phone call and online reviews as well. 

    i feel like most peds run late but as long as they are good when you are back in the room with them i can forgive 20 mins.  i refuse to be there on time and wait over an hour to see the doc.   

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  • We didn't meet with ours ahead of time.  I had just asked around and gotten some recommendations.  After the baby was born, the hospital asked us if we knew who we were going to use as our pediatrician.  I gave them the name of the practice that I was going to use based on some recommendations and they sent a doctor from that practice to see the baby.  It has worked out for us.
  • imageeSynergy:
    Our doctor had little open houses on Monday nights, where new parents/patients could come in and talk to him.

     

    That is so smart!  

     Thanks ladies.  I have a number for a ped. that comes highly recommended from my cousin, so I'm not super concerned with the quality of the practice.  I just wasn't sure if I should meet with them before hand or not.  I didn't want to call and seem like a crazy, overbearing first time parent. 

    Mrs. JEGs
    est 7.17.10 
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    Hunter Fillmore
    October 1, 2011 

  • This is on my list of to do's in the next month, along with tour the daycare and pack my bag (this weekend's agenda).  I'm going to try to get in to meet with them but I'm pretty confident that we'll be going with my choice.

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  • we didn't meet with ours before.  i chose them based on a recommendation from my SIL. i trust her judgement so i was fine with not meeting with then beforehand.  but i think it's fine to meet with them before.     good luck!
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    imageeSynergy:
    Our doctor had little open houses on Monday nights, where new parents/patients could come in and talk to him.

     

    That is so smart!  

     Thanks ladies.  I have a number for a ped. that comes highly recommended from my cousin, so I'm not super concerned with the quality of the practice.  I just wasn't sure if I should meet with them before hand or not.  I didn't want to call and seem like a crazy, overbearing first time parent. 

    When I was pregnant I kept reading on the Bump how everyone was setting up interviews with pediatricians.  I thought it was just a crazy bump thing but my ped has a night for interviews.  I never interviewed them though.  I knew I wanted flexible hours and my friend gave me a recommendation for a CHOP practice.  After I thought about it I liked the fact that he would already be in CHOP's system if anything ever happened to him because that's where we would take him anyway.  I haven't had any problems with them and I like that they have a 24 hotline to a nurse for questions. 

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  • I got a rec from a friend. When we went to our parenting class at virtua, he happened to be the pedi there as a guest speaker. Otherwise I wouldnt have interviewed him.
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  • We actually use the same pedi that my siblings and I went to growing up, so I knew them and liked them.  DH, however, did not know them, so we did set up a meeting with one of the doctors just so he could see the offices, etc.  I know ours also does a meet the pedi night for groups but we were not able to attend the one they were having that season.
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  • I started based on recommendations and the one I really wanted wasn't taking new patients. But there was a newish doc at the same practice who was, and she had hours specifically to interview prospective patients. I'm glad I did. It made it easier when she came to the hospital, since we had already met.
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