No Vax Friendly Ped/Clinic in St Paul suburbs or W WI?

[Sumada]

Anyone have a recommendation for a ped or family practice dr that would be cool with our unvax kids? We are/were seeing someone at HealthEast Woodbury Clinic who was OK with our decision to not vax, but at my child's last check up, the dr gave me a speech about vaxes that I was really uncomfortable with (that dr has never said anything to me before).

I live in Hudson, WI, but am willing to go as far as St. Paul - Woodbury or Stillwater would be perfect though.

Thanks.

[deditus]

We see Dr. Carpenter at Synergy Family Physicians in WBL and I really like her. Every doc I have seen, even the no-vax friendly ones, have to give a spiel about how they recommend vaxing in order to keep their professional associations. Most have said something along the lines of "I need to recommend that you vaccinate and if you decline vaccinations then I need to know that you understand the associated risks". And for the most part, that's it. If you had a hcp that pressured you more than that, I would be looking for a new one, too.

http://synergyfamilyphysicians.com/

[tellimom]

We go to Hudson Physicians and see Dr. Leyda (a family doctor)...I use a selective vax schedule and when I brought it up he was perfectly fine with it.

[Sumada]

Thanks for the suggestions. Synergy does not take our insurance. We did see Dr. Leyda for a couple of ds well child checks, but because another dr and I butted heads there about vaxes, I decided I did not want to take a chance that we would ever see this dr for a sick visit, so we moved to another practice. I think for now I am going to stick it out with our current provider @Health East Woodbury and see how things go.

[Taramisu24]

We go (or should say have gone once) to Dr. Daniel Larkin at Healtheast (Grand Ave) clinic and love him! We have chosen not to vaccinate our son at all and were really nervous about trying to find a doctor. We visited Dr Larkin for my son's 4 month appt and told him of our choice not to vaccinate. He was very respectful of us, asked us why, but when he saw I was uncomfortable and trying to defend myself, he said, "You don't have to defend yourself. I believe that as long as you have researched yourself, whatever you are most comfortable with, I am comfortable with. I believe a mom knows best." He then told us we wouldn't need to come in for all the normal checkups (unless we wanted to) because they are basically set up for vaccinations. So my son is 8 months now, and we haven't been back yet. We may go when he is a year old. Highly recommend him!

[mamaheids]

Sumada- who is your doc at the HealthEast Woodbury clinic? We are moving to Woodbury next month and delay/selectively vax.

[Sumada]

Originally Posted by mamaheids 

Sumada- who is your doc at the HealthEast Woodbury clinic? We are moving to Woodbury next month and delay/selectively vax.

We see Sarah Meysenburg, PNP. I think we are going to stick with her for now.