[blparent] selecting a pediatrician

[Jennifer Bazer]

Hello Jan,

I must say finding a pediatrician you and your child loves and that you all
feel comfortable with is so important, at least, to me, it was.

My son's pediatrician was recommended by my OBJYN and I also received
recommendations for this pediatrician from other moms.

I did meet with and interview my son's current pediatrician, and I knew
right away, that I wanted to use him.  He was very laid back and did not
focus on mine or my husband's blindness.  He did not ignore it, but that
wasn't the primary discussion, of course, since I wasn't there to talk all
about me and my husband being blind but how will you as a pediatrician fit
in with what we need as parents.

His answers fit in with what I needed and wanted from a pediatrician.

So, my advice, ask, ask, ask from other moms in your area.  They will be
some of the best help for you!

To me, it was important to meet him/her face-to-face as I believe you
usually can tell a lot about someone by sitting and talking with them
face-to-face.  

Make sure their beliefs and practices are in line with what you believe/like
in a pediatrician such as--views on vaccines, breast feeding, after-hours
visits, etc.

One thing that I loved about my son's pediatrician from the get-go was that
he made himself available to us by giving us his personal cell phone number.
He also came into his office on a Sunday to retest our son's belly Ruben.
That says a lot.  I am sure he didn't do that just for us, but he would do
that for any of his patients.

Hope this helps!~

Kind Regards,

Jennifer Bazer
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-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of jan wright
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 3:23 PM
To: blparent
Subject: [blparent] selecting a pediatrician

Ok, so we are 12weeks from our due date.
I need to find a pediatrician.
when looking for a midwife, I found that:
1. the midwives that were recommended  by the natural birthing Bradley
people might have been great, but they were not open to blindness
and/or people of different cultures.
2. Most of the blind people in my area weren't/arent as picky about
professionals being respectful/etc. If a professional was belittling
or degrading, they just let it pass and in many cases: just took their
sighted sister or husband along. That is not what I am looking for.
So:
How did you find a good pediatrician?
did you have to "interview" for one?
does anyone have experience with bad and good ones? What have you
learned? How can you spot the good ones so you don't waste time and
money with the bad ones?
thanks for the help.

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