tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27504126.post5117868454835685003..comments2010-04-19T05:55:13.588-07:00Eviehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06856010546964996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27504126.post-19503791898495867962010-02-24T15:44:02.888-08:002010-02-24T15:44:02.888-08:00While I find it odd that your midwife would require that, I&#39;m sure it&#39;s a way of covering herself should something not be okay with your baby. In any case, I would find a pediatrician&#39;s office that is close to you and has many doctors. And then just don&#39;t do the well baby visits if you don&#39;t want to. You need them for if/when your baby is sick, so you want it convenient to you. I don&#39;t know about these days, but my experience has always been that if you come in with a sick baby, they don&#39;t ask about vaccines. They can&#39;t vaccinate them when they&#39;re sick anyway. But that might have changed. I have heard of pediatricians turning down unvaccinated patients as a way to force parents to do it. But you can probably find a doctor with more natural views down the line. Right now you just need a name to give to the midwife. Good luck on your natural delivery at home!!Eviehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06856010546964996867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27504126.post-47456333008450517692010-02-24T15:27:33.024-08:002010-02-24T15:27:33.024-08:00i have a question, i&#39;m trying to choose a pediatrician for my baby. i&#39;m having a homebirth soon (i&#39;m 36 weeks) and my midwife requires that i have a pediatrician before the birth. i&#39;m very healthy, obviously consciously having a natural homebirth- and i&#39;m having some trouble getting up the nerve to call some local pediatricians (no, i dont have any friends in the area i can ask--) because i dont know how to phrase being a &#39;natural&#39; parent, since this is my first child. did you tell your pediatrician from the beginning you didn&#39;t want to do wellbaby visits or vaccines or buy into all the bullshit that goes along with the medicalization of what should be a natural personal experience in caring for a child? or did u just get a normal pediatrician and just not go?<br /><br />of if there&#39;s some other option that i&#39;m not aware of, i&#39;d appreciate some kind of feedback from some other mothers. i&#39;ve just started looking into it, i guess it slipped my mind that this would be an issue until i realized that i have to have a pediatrician from the beginning.<br /><br />oh, i have good insurance for the baby, even tho it refused to compensate my midwife for my homebirth. what a suprise.<br /><br /><br />thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27504126.post-12942636144448857072009-10-26T11:12:27.964-07:002009-10-26T11:12:27.964-07:00AWESOME post! I just posted something about vaccinations and asking parents to research what is in them before they vaccinate their children. I have a lot of friends who blindly vaccinate their kids and don&#39;t care - so being careful not to step on anyone&#39;s toes, I just pushed them to look into it, to read my opinions, to listen to some videos and to see that there IS a way out of vaccinations even if you are sending your children to public/private schools. If you want to see my blog, it&#39;s http://sahm83.blogspot.com <br />Thanks again for sharing! :) Happy I stumbled onto your blog!Elisabeth LaMouriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818595552731069636noreply@blogger.com