[blparent] selecting a pediatrician

[Veronica Smith]

Jan, I selected 3 from friends of mine and then made appointments with them.
I told the Dr office I wanted a consultation with the Dr.  I went in and
interviewed each one.  Iasked, not giving them any idea of what I was
looking for, I asked them how they examine a baby.  If they said on the
table without the parent touching the  baby, I knew it was not for me.  The
Dr I chose, right away said, he would put her in my lap while he examined
her, this way I could be completely apart of the exam.  remember your
friends likes might or might not be the same as yours. 
Also, as for the midwives, sometimes we need to teach them what we need. V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of jan wright
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 1:23 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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