Pediatrician?

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I'd love to get the opinions of you natural-minded ladies. I'm due soon and I hate dr's- I've had too many horrible experiences with pushy drs for me and my kids. I don't feel dr's are necessary very often anyway & certainly don't see the need for well checks. I'm still searching for a good family dr like a naturopath or holistic dr, but do you feel like it's something I should have in place by the birth of my baby? I wasn't planning on having checks for baby once she's born unless there appears to be any problems (this isn't my first so I'm familiar with newborns). But now I'm starting to second guess myself. What are you all doing? Any advice?

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I stopped taking my kids to well checks because they always went in "well" and ended up bringing home some kind of illness. It was annoying and I was also sick of being asked about vaccinating and having a one sided conversation about them because the docs didn't even know what they were pushing.  I haven't been to that particular office in over a year and they just randomly texted me the other day saying that the boys were due for a well check. I texted back saying, "No thanks. My kids are much healthier without you." Lol

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I understand how you feel. When my first son   (Who is now 3) was born. I was taking him to all the "normal" wellness checks. He is not vaccinated so the check ups were pretty much pointless and were really frequent. He was born very small ( 5lbs 1 oz) and continued to be small (still is small) but has always been super healthy. But when he was approaching 1 year they started wanting me to get all kinds of tests done on him. And after the first two sets of tests came back totally normal and they wanted to continue. I just stopped going. He's three and has had the 24 hr flu twice in his whole life. Has never had a cold or cough. So I haven't taken him to the doc in two years . Now that he's three I'm planning on scheduling a wellness check just because.

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My son ms never been seen and he's almost 2! My home birth midwives son was 25 when he went to the dr for the first time! The only dr my kids see regularly is the dentist😏

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Chiropractor instead

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I'm also uncomfortable with doctors of any sort, so I feel you! I asked my midwives about pediatric care at my 30 week appointment and they gave me a whole list of their recommendations.

There's a few pediatricians that are familiar with mothers who've used midwifery services, but mostly naturopathic doctors!

My husband and I will absolutely be interviewing a few to see which is the best fit. Idk about your midwifes, but mine do infant care until six weeks, and they said some peds want to 'meet their babies' and some don't have you in until baby is two months old, it just depends how they run their practice.

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Personally I like having well checks- but I also do like our pediatrician. She has always been really supportive of our decisions. Well checks are free with insurance so I figure why not?  That being said I would think it is really a personal opinion. If you are comfortable with not having one I don't think there is anything particularly wrong with that :)

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