Choosing the Best Pediatrician for Your Baby

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Newborn, Parent, Homebirth, Vbac, Kids & Family, Doula, Firsttimemom, Midwife, Pregnancy, Doctor, Parenting, Pregnant, Vanessamerten, Physician, Csection, Prenatalcare, Breastfeeding, Naturalbirth, Nursing, Birthcenter, Family, Baby, Hospitalbirth, Health, Obgyn, Research, Trimester, Expecting, Labor, Mom, Diet, Dad, Birth

4.5 • 948 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

A pediatrician is the primary care provider for your child from birth through early adulthood. They offer crucial support in monitoring growth, administering immunizations, and diagnosing illnesses. A pediatrician also provides guidance on health and development and will assist you in navigating caring for your child. There are many factors to consider when choosing a pediatrician who is the right fit for your family. Some basic things to look for are proximity, insurance coverage, and qualifications. You should also consider their philosophy on topics like breastfeeding, parenting, and vaccines. This episode walks you through how to find the best pediatrician who will be the perfect fit to care for your baby and help you navigate raising a healthy human.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:10.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast.
0:15.0	In today's episode, we're talking about choosing the best pediatrician for your baby.
0:20.0	A pediatrician is the primary care provider for your child from birth through early adulthood.
0:26.0	They're going to give you support in monitoring the growth of your baby, administering vaccines, diagnosing illnesses.
0:34.2	They also are going to help guide you on health and development and will help you navigate caring
0:39.8	for your baby.
0:41.4	There's a lot of factors to consider when choosing a
0:44.1	pediatrician that's the right fit for your family. There's some basic things to
0:48.4	look for like proximity, insurance coverage, qualifications, but you also need to consider their philosophy on
0:55.4	topics like breastfeeding, parenting, vaccines. This episode walks you through how to find the
1:02.0	best pediatrician who's going to be the perfect fit to care for your baby and help you navigate raising a healthy human.
1:10.0	You can find the complete article and all of the resources for this episode at pregnancy
1:16.5	podcast.com slash Pediatrician.
1:21.3	You are currently listening to the public feed of the podcast.
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1:41.9	to the entire back catalog. There are hundreds of
1:45.4	episodes on every topic for pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, recovering from birth and
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