the pediatrician decision, in three parts
I wrote about the whole experience because you should feel like you were there:
I was feeling pretty certain, after writing the third installment, which doc to pick, but since then I’ve found myself waffling. Sigh.
October 9th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
Go with your heart and personal philosophy for the pediatrician. When my oldest was born, I chose a pediatrician that I knew saw things very similar to how I did. Tragically, she died not long after. I inherited her partner, who believes in being much more regimented about parenting than I am (let them cry it out, NO co-sleeping, get every shot available, etc.). She is a very competent doctor and a super nice person, but we butted heads a bit in the beginning. I think she has figure out now that I’m not going to change, so she doesn’t offer her opinion as much. It would be nice, though, if I felt like we were on the same page.
Enjoy the hypnobirthing classes! We took them with the first pregnancy. I didn’t with the second (and didn’t practice–thought I would remember enough since it had only been a year and a half). BIG difference. I definitely plan to practice this time around.
October 11th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
My pediatrician seems like she’s very old-school, but when I expressed concerns about vaccines, she put some of them off and spread them out more.
Do they really need that Hep shot at birth? Come on! I think I managed to put it off for my kids for several years. Long enough for them to get the Thimarisol (mercury) out of the damn vaccines.