Is it necessary or really important to meet with a pediatrician prior to selecting them for your newborn? If so, what sort of questions do you ask? I'm a FTM so I'm clueless on all of this. I've selected an office and the office advertises that new parents can set up to meet the doctor and etc but my work is hectic and so is my husband's and we are trying to save our leave time so I'm just trying to figure out if it's really needed
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I agree that you don't need to of you aren't picky about something in particular. You can always change docs if you feel its a poor fit.
I don't even use a pediatrician. My LO has seen the same family practice doctor as me since LO was born. I love it because I love my doc and he gets a sense for our family history by seeing us both. Future children will also see the same doc, and since he's not a ped, they won't age out.
I didn't. It really matters if you have specific ideas for what you want in a pedatrician. Do you want someone who's knowledgeable and supportive of breastfeeding, baby led weaning, co-sleeping, ect. If you really don't have your heart set on any one way of doing things then it's probably okay. Like, I didn't circumcise my son so I needed to make sure his doctor knew intact care. So if I wanted to I could have met with the doctor beforehand to discuss it. But I don't think it's a must do.
Thanks ladies! Wanted to make sure it didnt make me some sort of neglectful mother if I didnt set aside the time to go interview first lol. I just dont know when we will have time or if they will even have availability. I still may try to do it but I'm not going to stress it if I cant. My boss and my boss's boss all use the same office that I'm looking at using they just use different docs there. But they both recommend that office highly so I'm sure itll be fine! And I work in child services so I value their opinion for sure!