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We called the pediatrician we selected at about 34 weeks. She already knew we had chosen her, since we are friends... but I let her office know at 34 weeks.

The office will tell you whether they have privileges at the hospital you are delivering at. If not, one of the hospital's pediatricians will see your child after delivery. Make sure the hospital pediatrician has the fax number for your pediatrician so that your baby's admit records get to your pediatrician before your first visit. (Usually 1-2 days after hospital discharge).

We called our pediatrician from the hospital a couple hours after the baby was born to schedule the first appointment.

Since you've already selected someone, you don't really need to do the whole "meet and greet" visit. (Which pediatricians do un-reimbursed by the way). I'm also skipping my whole talk on how to select a pediatrician. I hope this helps.

Our hospital has a thing where they get about 5 or 6 pediatricians together so you can go meet and talk to them all at once. That helped us narrow it down and then we went to our favorite, which also was recommended by friends. I wanted to personally see their office and meet them to make sure that we clicked, and so I could ask some questions. I think I was 31 weeks when we did that.