Looking for a Park Nicollet Doctor in Minneapolis/Twin Cities Metro

[thorn100]

My wife and I are expecting our first child in 3-4 weeks and I've undertaken the task of finding a pediatrician or family practice doctor for our little one. Due to insurance restrictions, we have to find a doctor in the Park Nicollet system of clinics and hospitals. We live in the west Twin Cities metro but are able to drive (25 miles or so?) to a farther clinic if necessary.

A few things about the kind of doctor we're looking for:

• We've decided not to vaccinate and would like a doctor that will support (or at the very least, not admonish us for) that decision.
• We're having a home birth and would like a doctor that won't frown on the choice.
• We've been very interested in attachment parenting and would prefer a doctor who would be friendly to the idea (although this wouldn't be a deal breaker).

The only Park Nicollet docs I've seen mentioned on these forums have been Anne Edwards and Mary Bloomberg. Are there any further opinions of these two? And of course, we're open to any others people might suggest.

Any help that could be offered would be great. The task of finding the right doctor is a little nerve-wracking.

Thanks.
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Chris

[Gitti]

A few suggestions -

Does your wife attend LLL? She should if she is going to bf. She'll be much more prepared. And she'll also meet people who know about the OB's in your area.

Also a group called Holistic Moms in your area is a good way to find a doctor.

And posting it in the tribal area on this board.

Plus posting it at a holistic food stores in your area.

[thorn100]

She does attend Le Leche League meetings. They meet once a month (I think) and she's been to a few. I expect she'll continue going. I'll suggest that she ask around at the next meeting for doctor suggestions.

I hadn't heard of the Holistic Moms group before. We'll look into them. Thank you.

I'll also re-post this in the Tribal section as you suggested.

Any other suggestions or recommendations for specific Park Nicollet docs would be very welcome.

Thanks!