Prenatal Visits
Congratulations on the birth of your new baby and welcome to Westchester Park Pediatrics.
We pledge to provide the highest level of care for your newborn and are anxious to watch them grow up into toddlers, children, and adults before our eyes!
We are a group practice at Westchester Park Pediatrics and through the upcoming years, you will certainly have a chance to meet with all of the doctors. Most of our patients, for continuity sake, do affiliate with one specific doctor in the group to care for all the scheduled visits for your child. That way, our doctors establish a truly personal relationship with you and your child, and have a firm knowledge of problems or medical conditions that may arise. However, there may be times that your specific doctor may be unavailable to see your child. In these cases, you will be encouraged to see one of the other doctors in our office. Be assured that the doctors do communicate among each other, so that your specific doctor will always be aware of any medical conditions that were tended to by another one of the doctors.
Your baby will be scheduled for medical check-ups according to the guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics. This means that your baby will be seen within the first week of life, then at one month, two months, four months, six months, nine months and then at one year of age. At each of these visits, a complete physical exam and developmental assessment will be performed and vaccinations will be administered according to the schedule endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The doctors will discuss all of the vaccinations with you at each visit.
It is IMPERATIVE that after your baby is born, you immediately call your human resource counselor or your insurance carrier to get your baby on your insurance plan. Most insurance companies allow thirty (30) days to add your baby to the plan. If you neglect to do this and your baby is not added to your plan by the thirty days, you will then be responsible for payment to Westchester Park Pediatrics.