Send me good ped vibes, please

[EVC]

So I finally did it. I've scheduled an appointment for dd with a local ped. She hasn't seen a doctor since she was 6 weeks old (she's 8 months now). We're only doing it as a "meet and greet" type of thing since we just got her insured and we've never met him or her (not sure from the name). I know NOTHING about this ped--he/she was the only one in our city accepting new patients, so we were essentially assigned to him/her. I am now reading the "Name that lie . . . and other scaremongering stories and quotes from your ped" thread and DREADING Monday. Please be cool, Dr. Rana, please be cool.

[AutumnMama]

I hope everything goes well for you.
Just a note, if this Dr ends up not working out, I've heard that Family Practitioners can be a little more relaxed about the vax issue

[Momtezuma Tuatara]

Just smile, be really friendly and don't let him/her rattle your cage. If he/she starts pushing the vax trip, just say "that's not on my list for discussion until I have informed myself more fully..."

[mammom]

Hey Mama, we moved from Benicia recently and I know it's not SUPER close for you, but Dr. Bowers in Benicia was really cool about us not vaxing. He was a great guy all around, very mellow and smart and didn't rush through appointments - answered questions with respect. When I told him we weren't vaxing he said he would prefer that we didn't but wouldn't push it. He mentioned the MMR/autism link as being false (the "study" had just come out debunking it) and I said, "yeah, but my mom had measles and was fine, mumps *might* make him sterile, but won't really hurt him and rubella will never affect him." His response was, "I guess you're right. Polio won't kill him either!"

I have his number if you want to try him out. He's a family doc, not a pediatrician, but was fine being ds's ped.

Good luck with Dr. Rana though! Keep us posted!

[Drummer's Wife]

Good luck mama

I'm in a similar situation, DS is 16 months and has his first ped's appt tomorrow so they can confirm his hernia The last time I took him was when he was 2 weeks.

I am kinda nervous about it even though I am 100% confident in my decision not to vax. When I called today to make the appt the receptionist said wow he hasn't been here for a long time, he's way overdue for a physical and hasn't had any of his scheduled shots. I did end up scheduling another appt for next week to have him weighed and measured, etc but I told the lady on the phone he won't be getting any shots, not tomorrow or next week. She was just like "well... okay" and I have a feeling she wrote it on his chart so I am expecting some type of lecture from the ped. It is a very mainstream office with a bunch of peds, CNP's and PA's on staff so I am pretty sure they will be very pro-vax.

I agree with MT, If the ped gives me a hard time about vax's I am going to tell her I am not here to discuss this with you, I am declining all shots... now give me a refferal for DS's surgery so I can schedule that."

Let us know how the appt goes, it's interesting to me the way ped's address this.

[EVC]

Well, I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks for the rec, mammom, if things don't go well with Dr. Rana, I will definitely keep Dr. Bowers in mind. I just posted in Finding My Tribe. Maybe someone there has heard of him/her and can share their experiences--just so I can be mentally and morally prepared