Did gender play a role in picking your Ped?

MommyToAshley wrote: I did choose a female Ped because I thought Ashley would feel more comfortable when she got older. Just curious if gender played a role when you chose your Ped.

~CrazieMama~ replied: I picked my ped, because he is good and understanding. I prefer a female, but there is a limited amount of peds. here.

aspenblue1 replied: I picked my ped based on info I received. He is never in a hurry when we are in there. He has always been very helpful and answers all my questions.

Maddie&EthansMom replied: Gender did not play a role when choosing a ped. for Maddie, but we happen to have a female. I will change ped. when the baby is born. I would like to find someone closer to my doctor and I really don't like the ped. I chose. Since we just moved here I just didn't know who else to go to.

mckayleesmom replied: Actually we were reccomended to our family physician by all the other people that have been stationed here. He is really nice. He is an older guy who has a 22 year old son and just had a baby woops about 8 months ago..so he has a baby girl now too..what an age gap. He is kind of old school, but really honest with information. If he doesn't know what is wrong with you, he doesn't pretend that he does. He will be honest and ask for second opinions. And after Mckaylee was born I decided not to find a seperate ped because he does it all. I actually prefer male doctors over female myself. I had a female Gyno when I was 6 and I didn't care for her at all. Men to me are alot more gentle then women doctor wise.

DansMom replied: There are two pediatricians in the practice I go to, one female and one male. I did select the male pediatrician because I had a boy. I would have chosen the woman had Daniel been a girl. It was either go by gender, or toss a coin!

MomToMany replied: It doesn't really matter whether they are male or female to me- as long as they know what they are doing and are great with the kids, that's all that counts. You really don't have one particular Dr. up here; when I was PG with Hannah, you had to see all of them because whoever was on-call would be the one to deliver you. But you can make appointments with whoever you prefer, and I do have my preferences, one is male and one is female.


I do prefer a female Dr. for myself, though.

amynicole21 replied: I voted no. I just picked the practice, and there are 6 docs and 2 nurse practitioners there. I didn't pick any doc in particular at first, but after seeing several of them I decided that I loved one of the Nurse Prac. She is really kind and takes time with us. She is Sophia's primary care provider now. My choice wasn't predicated on gender, but I usually do end up feeling more comfortable with female docs.

MomToJade&Jordan replied: Being a member of tricare (military insurance for those who don't know) we were assigned a doctor. He is actually our Primary Care Manager and he's really good. I decided to see what he was like before I went through all the paper work it would take to actually have Jade seen by a Ped. I liked him and so remained with him.

MommyToAshley replied:
That's what I did, I picked the practice first. There was male and a female doc and I choose the female. So, it played a role in my decision but wasn't the main factor.

coasterqueen replied: I voted no. We were going to go with a male anyways becuz it was who most of our family had used too.

dolfinrse replied: Our ped. is the one that I went to when I was little and dh went to him too.

ediep replied: I picked a practice that my friend and her SIL's use. There are 6 docs there and a nurse practicioner. After seeing several of the docs, I found the one that I like the best and we see him for the well visits. Gender never even crossed my mind, but now that you say it, I guess thats another good thing about him, he's a male.....like Jason

Schnoogly replied: I picked the ped that my OB recommended--the one she takes her own kids to. I prefer dealing with women doctors in general so she appealed to me besides the OB's recommendation

kit_kats_mom replied: I did but not because of Katherine...because of me. Her original ped was a guy (looked just like Kurt Vonnegut) but he just wasn't supportive of extended breastfeeding, co-sleeping etc. He read me the riot act at her 4 month appt and I promptly went out and called all of the peds that participate in our healthcare program. I was shocked at how many receptionsists didn't know what "attachment parenting" was. she is really really great with K

mummy2girls replied: no..jennas ped was Jordans ped. And when he was in the hospital really sick he came to visit. He drove all the way out of his way at night when he found out jordan was dieing. and he was there to give his condolences. So i thought he was sweet to do that... so that is why i chose him. And 4 years after that day when i brought jen for her checkup at 2 weeks... and he remebered jordan. he brought it up before me...

paradisemommy replied: we switched insurances when taven was about 3 mos. old. i was completely bummed because i really liked his first ped. we ended up going under dh's plan and he was pro-Kaiser...when we were first looking, we did the interviewing, etc. and looked at male and female drs. and in the end decided that we wanted someone that had experience - not only education wise but personal wise too - (that they had a family themselves and children).
we went with a female ped because i thought she would be more personable and can relate more to how i felt and of course how she dealt with taven was a factor too.
don't get me wrong - i'm sure there are a lot of wonderful male peds out there!! i just prefer a female..

Hillbilly Housewife replied: I didn't choose my ped... lol My doctor is also my ped

My own doctor retired from doing live births, and only sees reguar patients, he does not accept any new patients, unless they are within the immediate family of his present patients. He's getting old...he's retiring in the next 6 years years or so. He recommended my ob gyn - since he transferred all his pregnant patients over to him...I gave him a try, LOVED him!

But I still go to my own doctor...and so does Zach.