2006-08-23 04:51:33 · 22 answers · asked by bassetluv 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Not when I had mine. But he was called to the hospital to check my babies out. The pediatrician might not be there but he/she will be called to the hosp.
2006-08-23 04:54:08 · answer #1 · answered by pinkberry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the nursery nurse usually does the exam. Some hospitals the OB nurse circulating the delivery is also the nurse who does the exams. Even in cesareans you will have a nursery nurse receive the baby off the field. When I was working I would start at the top of the baby and work my way down checking to see that everything was there and in working order. I attended some 8,000 deliveries in my 30 years as a nurse either to recieve the baby or as the circulating deliver nurse. Some hospitals have nurse practitioners available if there is a problem. If I did run into a problem I made a dash with the baby to the intensive care unit where I was joined by 5 highly skilled nurses that helped and the respiratory technician. Nurses in those fields have a lot of experience.
Make sure that the hospital you deliver at has a level 1 nursery for intensive care of problem new borns.
2006-08-23 04:59:18 · answer #2 · answered by T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not generally. Most hospitals have doctors and nurses on duty to take care of newborns. They will contact your pediatrician and he/she may come to the hospital on rounds and stop in to see you and your baby. However, if the baby is healthy, your pediatrician may wait until you bring your baby in for it's first check-up before seeing him/her for the first time. A possible exception to that may be if there is a known problem before the birth and the baby has been assigned a specialist doctor who wants to be there at the birth. If so, that should be coordinated through the hospital's labor and delivery department. They will call the doctor when you arrive and are in active labor.
2006-08-23 05:02:53 · answer #3 · answered by sevenofus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I asked my pediatrician the same question a couple of weeks ago. He said that if the I didn't have any complications he would wait till later to see the baby. Example if i had my baby at 2 in the morning without complications he would wait till first thing in the morning before he got to his office. If i had the baby at 2 in the afternoon he would stop by when he left his office at 5. It just depends on the doctor.
2006-08-23 04:57:39 · answer #4 · answered by kimmiekim85 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not usually. The Labor & Delivery nurses and doctors usually do the initial check of the baby and then the pediatrician is called and shows up a bit later.
2006-08-23 05:24:57 · answer #5 · answered by braks_gurl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not usually. The hospital pediatrician is usually there to assess the baby. Your own pediatrician is then notificed of the birth and they come either that day or the next day.
2006-08-23 05:01:05 · answer #6 · answered by Bingo's Mommy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having never had a pediatrician, I don't think they are, just your obstetrician. The pediatrician will be seeing your baby at all check-ups after birth.
2006-08-23 04:56:34 · answer #7 · answered by Chatty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There will be a staff of nurses and a hospital staff pedi. to examine your baby after he's born. If you have a pedi. picked out for your baby, you'll tell the hospital staff this when you register and they'll call your baby's doctor and he/she will come visit the next morning on rounds. If you don't have one (which we didn't, with our first son) a staff pediatrician will examine your baby every day you're at the hospital. We liked this doctor so much, we kept him as our son's pediatrician. :)
2006-08-23 07:58:56 · answer #8 · answered by brevejunkie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not with my experience. They had a pediatric nurse in the room that conducted the Apgar test and did the initial check of the baby's condition and then the pediatrician actually didn't come in until the next day to see her. You might check with the hopsital you are planning to deliver at to see what their policy is, but I think its usually the standard.
2006-08-23 05:04:07 · answer #9 · answered by missionhtg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there are any complication during birth, (or the pregnancy) a paediatrician will be in the room with you, but if not the hospital's pedi... will check the baby in the nursery. Your own pedi... may not even come to the hospital; mine didn't for any of my births as the OB/GYN that delivers your baby is also trained to evaluate the baby. Its the OB/GYN who gives the baby his/her Apgar scores. Good luck!
2006-08-23 04:59:00 · answer #10 · answered by kealey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋