RE: Waiting Room at Ped's Office
I have an opposite situation with Christine's post (MinnieMouse). Before DD was born, we were looking for peds and one of the most important things for DH and I were that it not be a huge practice run solely by business people who didn't know a lick about medicine. We wanted to try to avoid those huge offices where you never get the same doctor. So we ended up going with a solo doctor office.
After the first one-week well-check, we fled the office. Something about the doctor just made me uncomfortable. DD had a scratch on her head (DH and thought it might have been caused by the dr. breaking my water) and we asked the ped about it and she looked at her head and replied "beat's the he$# outta me!" This was my first clue to get out. I saw her office as we made our way to the receptionist and it was pretty disorganized. She had no answering service and told us she could always be reached by cell. The worst part is that we asked for dd's records to be transferred to the new ped after we left and we just got them yesterday after 4 months of chasing them down. Apparently, they were holding the file for payment...a payment for which they never sent us a bill (and gladly admitted they had never sent a bill).
Anyway, my 2 cents is that you should do your best to choose a ped b4 baby is born but never feel stuck after baby is born to move to another ped. For first-time parents, choosing a ped is like choosing a daycare...you think you're asking the right questions but you never notice the whole picture until baby is here.
BTW, this ped is in Cary, NC so if anyone reading wants to know who the ped is to stay away from, just send me a private note and I'll let you know.
Vivian
Sydney (4/03)
Avery (2/09)