Our meeting with the pediatrician went well.  We arrived early and they actually got us in early.  We’d been given a book called Baby 411 from one of our classes and it contained a list of questions to ask a potential pediatrician.  Since I feel sort of awkward about grilling a doctor (more so the fact that it’s someone we’ve just met) I simply said that I’d go through the questions in the book.  It’s the book that’s asking, right?  Most of the answers were satisfactory and I think the fact that this pediatrician group is affiliated with the hospital that will perform the delivery is most important.  We CAN always change our pediatrician if we feel we’d like someone closer to home.  Still, Elizabeth (at least) will meet with some Oak Park doctors also.  We’ve been told, however, that it’s highly unlikely an Oak Park doctor would come to the hospital after the delivery.

After we met with Dr. Sharma, she said some other doctors would stop by the room an introduce themselves.  Soon after she left, one did… and we chatted for a few minutes and then she left.  Next, a nurse practitioner stopped by and we learned a bit about her role.  After that we started to feel kind of weird about waiting in the room for people to pop their heads in so we left.  It actually cost us $35 for that appointment which lasted about 25 minutes.

One interesting thing, the “head pediatrician”, Dr. Weissbluth, has written several books (Crybabies, Sweet Baby: How to Soothe Your Newborn, Your Fussy Baby, and Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child) and apparently does not accept insurance.  Basically, that means the cost of care comes straight from your pocket.  I imagine he only works with children of wealthy parents, therefore.

Here’s the website.