when/how did you look for a pediatrician?

My dr told me yesterday that I should start looking into it. Oy...I thought I had more time.

When did you ladies start looking at peds?

and what do I do...call and schedule interviews or how does this process work?

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I knew I was going to use the same ped as my sister he is awesome. But I still went in and met with him and asked a few basic questions.(although I already knew the answers ) I met with him when i was around 25/26 weeks pregs. I will give you his info if interested hes right in New Hype park im not sure if that is close to you

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Good question.....I would love to know what to do as well!!!

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Posted by Larasmommy

I knew I was going to use the same ped as my sister he is awesome. But I still went in and met with him and asked a few basic questions.(although I already knew the answers ) I met with him when i was around 25/26 weeks pregs. I will give you his info if interested hes right in New Hype park im not sure if that is close to you

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Posted by letsmakeababy

Posted by Larasmommy

I knew I was going to use the same ped as my sister he is awesome. But I still went in and met with him and asked a few basic questions.(although I already knew the answers ) I met with him when i was around 25/26 weeks pregs. I will give you his info if interested hes right in New Hype park im not sure if that is close to you

thanks...i am actually moving upstate so I need to find a ped up there.

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so when you find one you like do you like "sign up" and say okay we will be coming here...haha I don't know how this works!

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i have the same questions. i was going to ask my ob at my appointment this afternoon if there's anyone he recommends.

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I asked my neighbor who has kids and a couple of mommy friends for recommendations. I think I also asked on here. I did this when I was about 30w. When I got the hospital to deliver DD, I think the nurses (or maybe admitting?) asked me which ped I wanted to examine the baby. I gave them the name and that is the practice that saw her in the nursery and then I called and made the 1st appt the day I left the hospital. They fit newborns in all the time I would guess so it was easy to get an appt.

ETA: I never interviewed the practice. I just didnt have time based on my work schedule at that point. I just went on recommendations and have been very happy.

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I called my insurance company to see what Drs in my area accepted the coverage. Then I called each of them to see if they were accepting new patients. I searched for the doctor names on here and got some good information based off of that search. Then I scheduled appts and we stuck with the one and only Doctor we saw. I barely asked any questions, he answered everything we needed to know.

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I was like 27/28 weeks when I chose mine. I just took a recommendation from my brother and SIL, who have a 4-year-old son. They raved about their ped. and that made the decision easy.

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thanks ladies! i guess i will start by researching some drs in the area that take my insurance and go from there. so much to think about!

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I just started looking into this.

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I had two different interviews. I went to one at 31 weeks & the other is next week. Which is the Dr. i know im going with as many of my friends go to this group & all love them. I called set up an appointment & i have a few questions that i want to ask. Thats it.

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There's a post somewhere that has a list of pediatrician interview questions. Once you've got a few contenders, call and meet the doctors.

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i asked people on these boards and did some of my own research. i narrowed it down to 2 but i really liked what i heard about one in particular. i only scheduled an interview with the one i preferred. since i delivered early we never had the interview and i had to name a ped for the NICU, so i just gave them the name of my first choice. the first time i got to see the ped was the day after was released from the NICU. luckily she turned out to be even more awesome than advertised and i never ended up calling the other one on my list.