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KarenAnthony
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When YOU have to go to dr.??
do u get a babysitter? I have to go get bloodwork, and my mom is not available to babysit for a while...should i bring my 4.5 month old with me? I'm so paranoid she might pick something up at the doctor. Its my general practioner doctor.
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MAC222
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Re: When YOU have to go to dr.??
Posted by KarenAnthony
do u get a babysitter? I have to go get bloodwork, and my mom is not available to babysit for a while...should i bring my 4.5 month old with me? I'm so paranoid she might pick something up at the doctor. Its my general practioner doctor.
I always brought them with me, Just leave her in the carrier, or bring in a stroller.
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| Posted 10/15/12 9:24 AM |
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Arissa444
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Re: When YOU have to go to dr.??
When my lil guy was about 4 months, I needed to go to the general practioner and had the same fears as you. I honestly wouldn't chance it and left him with my Mom. I probably wouldn't bring the baby, especially with all of the viruses and such going around now. Good luck! If you had to, I would see if you could wait outside with the baby and have them call your cell when you needed to go in...don't know if they could do that, but it's a thought if you had to bring them 
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StaceyWill
It's a girl!!!
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Re: When YOU have to go to dr.??
I take her with me.
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| Posted 10/15/12 10:43 AM |
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MrsT809
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When YOU have to go to dr.??
I would take her and just keep her in the carseat. I would probably ask if they can put you in a room right away so you don't have to sit in the waiting room with her. I find most places pretty accommodating in the case of an infant.
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| Posted 10/15/12 10:46 AM |
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Xelindrya
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Re: When YOU have to go to dr.??
Posted by MAC222
Posted by KarenAnthony
do u get a babysitter? I have to go get bloodwork, and my mom is not available to babysit for a while...should i bring my 4.5 month old with me? I'm so paranoid she might pick something up at the doctor. Its my general practioner doctor.
I always brought them with me, Just leave her in the carrier, or bring in a stroller.
When I lived in NY I had no other care available. So until she went to daycare, yes I did this.. I took her with me. Everywhere.
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Sparrow
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Re: When YOU have to go to dr.??
I wouldn't. Last year I had to go to the doctor and was so nervous in the waiting room (filled with people in close proximity hacking their lungs out) that I was going to pick something up and bring it home to DD. I still won't take her. I don't usually have sitters available during the day so I make evening or late afternoon apts when DH can watch her. Many offices also offer weekend apts. Good luck!
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| Posted 10/15/12 11:00 AM |
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MrsSpring
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Re: When YOU have to go to dr.??
i usually chose not to bring her but if i have no other choice i bring her. just bring stuff to keep her entertained or a treat .
i had to bring her when i got trigger point injections which they stuck needles in my back. she sat in her stroller and thought it was funny .
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LoveBug302
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Re: When YOU have to go to dr.??
Ive taken my dd twice so far, at 6w, 10w, and probably again tomm at 12 weeks. I would rather leave her home but I cant always get a sitter. I leave her in the stroller and shes fine.
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MaZz
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Re: When YOU have to go to dr.??
I try to get someone to watch her but if I have no one, then yes, I take her with me... But I don't fear the germs around her... It's just a pain to not be able to really calm her if she's agitated...
I made the mistake of taking her to my OBGYN office and I waited forever and by the time I got into the room to be seen, dd wasn't having any part of it... So I had to hold her on me while laying down getting checked out  very interesting scene...
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| Posted 10/15/12 12:05 PM |
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computergirl
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Re: When YOU have to go to dr.??
My older DC is in school all day, but I often am stuck taking my younger DC with me to a dr's appt. I really, really try not to take her to a general practitioner's office-- they are usually filled with sick people coughing all over. But I have taken her to the gyn with me many times, and I also don't mind taking her on my twice-yearly visit to the endocrinologist, since there aren't sick people there.
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| Posted 10/15/12 12:14 PM |
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aquag12283
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Re: When YOU have to go to dr.??
If your just getting bloodwork done I think its fine to bring DD. I had to get bloodwork done over the summer and no one could watch DS so I brought him with me. I had an early appointment to get the blood drawn and we were in and out in like 10 minutes. I think its fine
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| Posted 10/16/12 9:18 AM |
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I always brought them as infants unless I was the one sick.
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| Posted 10/16/12 9:22 AM |
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alli3131
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When YOU have to go to dr.??
I took my DS to a bunch of my appts. I had to see my hemo for blood work all the time after birth and would take him. Most time he was sleepign in the stroller.
My DS is a daycare baby.....so he will pick up soemthing at school or anywhere we go if he is going to get sick. I can't shelter him or I'd go crazy.
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| Posted 10/16/12 10:53 AM |
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Hofstra26
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Re: When YOU have to go to dr.??
I've always taken my DD to dr. appts with me since she was a NB. I generally don't have much of a choice.
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GenLCSW
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Re: When YOU have to go to dr.??
I take them with me....even as babies.
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| Posted 10/16/12 1:06 PM |
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Beck
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Re: When YOU have to go to dr.??
Posted by MaZz
I made the mistake of taking her to my OBGYN office and I waited forever and by the time I got into the room to be seen, dd wasn't having any part of it... So I had to hold her on me while laying down getting checked out very interesting scene...
This happened to me too I thought I was the only one! It was quite a scene!
I would try to get a babysitter if possible.
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mamabear
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When YOU have to go to dr.??
At that age, I took them with me. Now that there older, in some ways, it's easier because they don't act up and can sit and be patient and not have crying fits....but I just can't have them watch certain things. I had to go for blood recently and didn't want them watching that. If I had no choice, I would have taken them and asked them to look away, but DH was around so he waited in the car with them while I ran in and had blood taken. I certainly could not take them with me to the gyn and have them be in the room for that. So, I guess my answer is, it depends. :)
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mamabear
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Re: When YOU have to go to dr.??
Posted by Beck
Posted by MaZz
I made the mistake of taking her to my OBGYN office and I waited forever and by the time I got into the room to be seen, dd wasn't having any part of it... So I had to hold her on me while laying down getting checked out very interesting scene...
This happened to me too I thought I was the only one! It was quite a scene!
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This has happened to me right around when my DD was 10-12 mths, and I was preggo with my second. One time while the doc was examining me, I was holding DD and she bit my face (playfully, but it hurt.) Very odd to say the least.
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OffWithHerHead23
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When YOU have to go to dr.??
I don't have a lot of options, as DH works long hours and we don't have a lot of family available to help.
One memorble trip was when I had pertussis last winter. I was SO SICK. I was having coughing firs to the point that I threw up, fever, etc. really sick. My doctor met me at the office at 7pm so I could be seen. I had a 10 year old, 5 year old and a 2 year old, two of whom were past their bedtime. It was lunacy... they were SO badly behaved and I was so sick I probably shouldn't have been seen. Anyway, my Dr diagnosed me, wrote me prescriptions for drugs, and then wrote a note to my husband to take a few days off of work, and a note to his boss saying his wife was very ill!! SHe wrote on DH's note, "SHe needs help."
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aliwnec10
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Re: When YOU have to go to dr.??
the kids come with me
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janedoe
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Re: When YOU have to go to dr.??
they come with me
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MamaPapaBear
my little girl
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When YOU have to go to dr.??
she goes with me. If it was for something where she couldnt come in the room (a dental cleaning) I took my mom with us to watch her in the waiting room. Otherwise she was in the stroller with me
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