https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 15:34:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-pick-your-pediatrician#post-92543 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:43:05 +0000 lavender 92543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 38 weeks, and just choose our ped this past friday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-pick-your-pediatrician#post-92503 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:14:30 +0000 aunt pol 92503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: Yep ours has its flaws but yours sounds insane! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-pick-your-pediatrician#post-92421 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:52:19 +0000 Mrsbells 92421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aunt pol: I though as much since its so different there! health care in america is so complex!</p> <p>@lemondrop: we are in the same boat then! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-pick-your-pediatrician#post-92365 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:42:15 +0000 aunt pol 92365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: Europe, ireland. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-pick-your-pediatrician#post-92363 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:39:15 +0000 lemondrop 92363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: yeah, we finally got around to it at 35-36 weeks :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-pick-your-pediatrician#post-92310 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:53:48 +0000 Mrsbells 92310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone I guess I really need to get on it!!</p> <p>@aunt pol: Are you in europe/ canada? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-pick-your-pediatrician#post-92243 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:16:10 +0000 banana 92243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started looking for ours towards the end of the 2nd trimester. I would start looking for one soon though because you never know when you will deliver (spoken from a mom who's baby came out 1 month early!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-pick-your-pediatrician#post-92233 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:49:51 +0000 twinmama 92233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a co-op health plan with all of our local providers in one building, so we have a much smaller choice of 4 providers within one office. I've just started looking at them now at 21 wks, but haven't officially designated anyone. Since most of the docs/nurses in the building know one another, I'll probably just ask my OB for a recommendation based on experience with preemies. That's how I picked my OB, based on the head nurse's recommendation for who would be best in the practice with twins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-pick-your-pediatrician#post-92217 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:33:19 +0000 betsyboop 92217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I finally found a pediatrician at 30 weeks. I started looking at around 25 weeks. I don't know if this is more of a problem in urban areas, but none of the pediatricians my friends and OB had recommended were accepting new patients when I called. So if you think you could encounter a similar problem, you might want to start looking soon.<br /> Other people I've spoken to said they just waited until the baby came and ended up using the pediatrician who was on call at the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-pick-your-pediatrician#post-92194 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:16:18 +0000 Weagle 92194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm due the first week in May and haven't selected one either :) I have a pretty good idea of who I would like Sneakers to see, but I haven't contacted her office yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-pick-your-pediatrician#post-92160 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:28:50 +0000 aunt pol 92160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I find this really interesting- its something that just doesn't happen over here.. We have a family doctor and dentist, and that's it! If there's anything wrong with anyone you go to the doctors (unless it's clearly emergency stuff) and they refer you to the appropriate specialist if necessary. I've never seen an OB until I got pregnant- smear tests etc are all taken care of by nurses at doctors practice, and again if anything concerning pops up you'd be referred to the specialists. Best of luck with the choices you make anyway! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-pick-your-pediatrician#post-92157 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:25:53 +0000 polkadots 92157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we waited. I knew what office I wanted her to be at in the beginning but waited to find a dr. We had a referral so I just went with that dr, called about 36 weeks and that was that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-pick-your-pediatrician#post-92155 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:23:33 +0000 regberadaisy 92155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Her post prompted me to call the other two ped offices we are considering. I'm 33 weeks.</p> <p>We started looking in early 2nd tri but it got put on the back burner in lieu of visiting kitchen cabinet consultants! hahhaa.</p> <p>Anyway, a lot of them have monthly group sessions. Along with that one of the office only did prenatal visit at 11:15 and 4:15. That one the earliest appt I could get was one month in the future, 2 weeks before my EDD. This one is THE closest to our house.</p> <p>The other one I was looking at a month too for an evening appt. I lucked out and got one for 9:00am tomorrow morning! This one I have heard the best reviews of, so we'll see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-pick-your-pediatrician#post-92151 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:19:33 +0000 heffalump 92151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We picked ours pretty early, but I'm a crazy planner. They had a thing at our hospital where they have 6-8 pediatricians there so you can walk around and talk to them, ask questions, etc. We went to that and narrowed it down from there, then we asked friends who their doctors are and they all said the same guy. So we interviewed him and that was it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-pick-your-pediatrician#post-92150 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:17:08 +0000 Bluebonnet 92150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We picked ours around 32 weeks. We interviewed pediatrician's (which takes some lead time as they generally only have new parent appointments on certain days/times per week). </p> <p>When we check in the hospital, they ask for our pediatrician's info and call once our baby is born so the pediatrician can come to the hospital and examine our baby. </p> <p>I hope I don't deliver early, but once we selected a pediatrician, I felt better because if I do deliver early, I know our baby already has a great doctor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-pick-your-pediatrician#post-92145 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:54:45 +0000 chopsuey 92145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i decided on a pediatrician at the end of my 2nd trimester. You definitely want to find someone soon.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-pick-your-pediatrician#post-92143 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:50:48 +0000 LuLu Mom 92143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am 10W3D and have started to look, I plan on making a decision in my second trimester after doing some asking around/interviewing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-pick-your-pediatrician#post-92141 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:41:41 +0000 Mrsbells 92141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is spinoff from the other post by Babynumber1, just wondering how far along everyone was when they found their pediatrician. I am currently 35 weeks and 1 day and dont have a pediatrician. Am I way behind? </p>