A Pediatrician who doesn't have kids - poss. debate

[sajetto]

No, that's not what I was asking. I was more just curious why they didn't have children yet -

Just being nosy I guess - and with his choice of career i'd just assume they would have kids. I didn't mean any malice by it, just curious.

It could be that seeing one runny nose kid after another has him running and screaming from the idea of reproducing like the plague!

Teaching can create moments that really causes one to pause and ponder if they really want to have any children of their own.

 

[Daxx]

As long as the Dr. is professional and good at his/her job, I could care less if they have kids, a uterus, male anatomy, etc.

I have a great OB/GYN and he's head and shoulders above any female OB/GYN I've had.

~Daxx's Wife

 

[pearlieq]

If a pediatrician should have kids then a gynecologist should have a ******, an oncologist should have cancer, a neonatoligist should have had a preemie baby, etc.

What matters is how good of a doctor they are and how they treat their patients.

Exactly what I was going to say!

 

[AuntieM03]

To me it's no different than going to a OB/GYN that doesn't have a uterus If they are competent, it doesn't matter what parts they have.

That's basically what I was going to say, but I was going to use the clinical word "hoo-ha" instead of uterus.

 

[lbgraves]

I find that doctors just out of school are the ones that I avoid. We had to see a new one when DD was sick and she was only quoting out of the text books. She had no clue. I took the kids out to the front desk and asked to see one of the regular doctors for a reliable evaluation. It tuned out that they did find what was wrong with DD...not the BS that the first "doctor" had given.

 

[TDC Nala]

So what? There are male gynecologists, too.

When consulting a doctor, they should be required to act as a doctor, not as a parent.

 

[pearlieq]

On a side note, why is "va-jay-jay" starred out?

That is NOT a dirty word!!!

 

[Cool-Beans]

I take care of of cardiac patients and I never had a heart attack or any kind of heart problem.

IMHO, I don't think you need to live something to do it at work.

 

[DISUNC]

If a pediatrician should have kids then a gynecologist should have a ******, an oncologist should have cancer, a neonatoligist should have had a preemie baby, etc.

What matters is how good of a doctor they are and how they treat their patients.

...and a Phyciatrist should have 'issues'!!!!!

 

[LindsayDunn228]

If a pediatrician should have kids then a gynecologist should have a ******, an oncologist should have cancer, a neonatoligist should have had a preemie baby, etc.

What matters is how good of a doctor they are and how they treat their patients.

I agree. I have a psych degree and have worked with some quite psychotic folks, and I don't have schizophrenia. Guess I shouldn't be in the business, then.

 

[becka]

We all see a family doctor and to the best of my knowledge she does not have kids but she just got married a few months ago so she may soon. Our previous family doctor did have 2 little ones but I honestly like our current doctor better. She seems to have more empathy and I think she has a better bedside manner with my kids than the doctor who had kids.

Now my OB/GYN has 4 kids and I LOVE her. She was pregnant with her 4th when I was pregnant with DS and I really felt for some reason like I could trust her more with my pregnancy because after all she certainly knows all about it. Of course, that could just be my hormones but as a crazed pregnant woman it did give me some comfort that she had been through this same thing multiple times before personally.

 

[Hannathy]

Don't care and it doesn't matter. I would rather spend the limited minutes they allot you talking about my kids not theirs.

 

[LisaNJ25]

3 out of the 4 drs at my kids practive do not have kids of their own. It does not bother me.

 

[disneymom3]

My very awesome pediatrician did not have kids when we started seeing her, but has a baby now.

I also see an OB/gyn who is the best Dr I know and it's a man.

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

I'm pretty sure our pedi isn't married or has any kids. Mostly because whenever we see him, he sets my gay-dar off in a MAJOR way. He tends to be a bit..well..flamboyant, which is why my gay-dar goes off in his presence.

TOV

 

[justhat]

I find that doctors just out of school are the ones that I avoid. We had to see a new one when DD was sick and she was only quoting out of the text books. She had no clue. I took the kids out to the front desk and asked to see one of the regular doctors for a reliable evaluation. It tuned out that they did find what was wrong with DD...not the BS that the first "doctor" had given.

LOL, I'll have to show this to my husband who graduated from med school on May 22nd and starts work this Sunday. So beware of getting sick this weekend cause most interns are starting around now!! But if it's any consolation, all residents have to report to an attending who signs off on any work they do, so if the resident is wrong the attending should notice that from the notes and take care of the mistake. They're not left to their own doings till at least their 2nd year of residency for that precise reason. So though my husband is now a "real" dr, before his orders go into effect he has to review the case with an attending/higher resident and they make sure he's right.

Hillbeans, to answer your question, I don't think that my ped needs to have kids (and I say that based on the fact that the one ped I like best in Madison's group is only a couple of years older than me and does not have kids yet). However, I do think there's something to say for having your own experience as a parent. After all, I look back at the wealth of information I used to be regarding raising a kid, but ask me the same questions now and I know a whole lot less! So much easier to give advice to parents when you're not one yourself, so I think for non-medical issues (in my case sleep was a big one) a ped who is a parent may have better, or more realistic, advice.

 

[Planogirl]

We've had a few pediatricians and I don't know if they had kids or not. I really don't care either.

 

[grlpwrd]

My kids' current pediatrician is gay as gay can be without kids and he is the best dr. we have ever had. He is professional, caring, and prompt which matters more to me than anything else.

 

[Cindy B]

I had an old neighbor that was a pediatrician. She was married but was childless a good portion of her career.

She was a fine pediatrician. She was great to me when my daughter was born and even as a non mother was able to give me great breast feeding techniques and tips.

She knew what she was doing so that didn't really matter.

When we first moved here, my kids went to a ped office where there was a gay man as the pediatrician. He was great with my kids and it didn't bother me. He was always great and funny with the kids. (and I saw the pride button on his coat, so it wasn't just an assumption!) It didn't bother me at all. I don't know if he had kids of his own, but he was great.

I think it all goes down to knowledge and professionalism. If the doctor posesses that, it isn't an issue.

 

[momof2inPA]

A person could be a competent pediatrician without having children, but would probably improve after having lived through some of their own kids' illnesses. My kids' peds practice is rather large, but the best doctor there has ten kids, the worst had her first a few years ago. I think she's been a little better since having the child; before that, she thought she had learned everything in med school and that parents were clueless.