Am I the only one who hasn't chosen/found a pediatrician yet?

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I'll be 36 weeks exactly tomorrow and I feel like I'm behind on this for some reason, like I should have already found a doctor I like and made the proper arrangements for them to be my child's doctor. I know I'm over stressing it a bit, but I would like to know how you ladies chose a pediatrician or what you're doing to choose one.
Did you call a lot in your area? Did you interview them over the phone or in person? What kind of questions did you ask? Did they come highly recommended by friends, family, and/or people in the area?
I went through our insurance website to find doctors within a 30 mile radius of us that are in network. I've narrowed it down to 2 clinics that are a good distance from our home and my husband's work, but I feel weird calling them to want to interview the doctors there to see if they're a good 'fit'.
I know I'm probably over thinking the whole thing, so any help/advice you ladies can give me is greatly appreciated.

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I'm not interviewing or calling any pediatricians. My OB suggested a couple places and gave us their cards. She said to just give the card of the one we've chosen to the nurse at Labor and Delivery and they will schedule our first appointment for us. If we decide we don't like them, we can always switch later. But as of right now, it's too much for me to think about interviewing and visiting pediatricians. I'm 37+4 and my husband doesnt get back in the state for a few more days so the less stress I can have on my plate, the better.

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My ob is a pediatrician/family doctor so I got very lucky that I didn’t have to search

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We are using my sons so we had it easy. She is kind, great with my kid, and isn’t afraid to treat a sickness and listens to our concerns. We went through 3 different pediatricians before we found her and by the time we did my son had been sick for 4m and no one but her was willing to treat him. Took a month of a lot of antibiotics but he got better and we have had a good experience ever since

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My husband and I interviewed three.  Ultimately we went when the one my ob recommended.  The interviews were conducted in person as I wanted to check out the office and their facilities.

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Most pediatrician offices do a pre natal visit. We went to two. They basically had a format for the visit, gave us a rundown of several things and gave us print outs of shot schedules, etc as well as talked about office hours and answered any questions we had. I recommend doing it.

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I'm 37 weeks and have one I plan on calling that my fiances cousin recommended but keep forgetting to call them 😬😬

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We know which clinic we’re going through but not the specific doctor. Honestly, our doula told us that you kinda just randomly pick and then later if you end up not liking them you can switch. It’s like doctor Tinder! 😂

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We just found one the other day, and my baby is 3 weeks old. He's in the NICU though, so we haven't needed one yet, but now we're ready for when he's discharged.

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The hospital I’m giving birth at gives you a pediatrician 🤷🏻‍♀️ they come see you in the hospital before you can leave with the baby. 
This is my second though so I put in my prenatal papers who my ped is so he will be called to come in when I give birth.

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My doctor said she was going to put together a list of them for me but she hasn’t gotten it back to me yet so I don’t have one yet either!

Am I the only one who hasn't chosen/found a pediatrician yet?

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