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amother

Tue, Jan 09 2024, 11:22 am

Hi,

I am new to lakewood. I heard Dr. Tal is good so I scheduled an appt at his West Kennedy office.
The secretary told me you see a nurse practitioner and over the course of a pregnancy you meet the doctors/midwives.

Then I met someone and she told me she makes sure to see a certain doctor there - is that even possible?
How does it work in Lakewood.

TIA

amother

Salmon

Tue, Jan 09 2024, 11:25 am

When u go and you're scheduling ur next appt ask them for whichever dr u want. The np there is amazing.

amother

Floralwhite

Tue, Jan 09 2024, 11:29 am

Just had this as well. I don’t mind rotating doctors. They’re all amazing. And with my previous baby they allowed me to choose but this time they said they stopped it and will rotate for you.

amother

Tue, Jan 09 2024, 12:13 pm

so you see everyone once and then someone comes to the birth?
Isn't that very impersonal?

Is there any doctor you recommend if they let me choose?

amother

Snowdrop

Tue, Jan 09 2024, 12:23 pm

amother OP wrote:

so you see everyone once and then someone comes to the birth?
Isn't that very impersonal?

Is there any doctor you recommend if they let me choose?

It's for your own advantage to try to rotate the doctors and don't forget that in your 8th month you go twice and in your 9th month you go four or five times so if there's three doctors over your pregnancy you can definitely see them each at least three times.

You have no idea who's going to be on call when you go into labor, so it's worth your while to get comfortable with all the doctors.

In my practice there are four doctors, one of them who delivered me last time so I know her well, so I did not need to see her often so this time I rotated more between the two that I didn't know as much.

amother

Honeysuckle

Tue, Jan 09 2024, 12:56 pm

Just wanted to mention that my niece had a horrible experience with Dr tal. Medically bh everything went fine but everything else was a disaster.

amother

Floralwhite

Tue, Jan 09 2024, 1:43 pm

amother OP wrote:

so you see everyone once and then someone comes to the birth?
Isn't that very impersonal?

Is there any doctor you recommend if they let me choose?

A group is impersonal.

No one specific to recommend. Dr. Roman is good but there’s a waiting list till April.

amother

Tue, Jan 09 2024, 2:49 pm

So if I want to see Dr Roman can I put myself on the waiting list now so I can see him towards the end of my pregnancy?

And how do I know he'll be available when I go into labor?

oneofakind

Tue, Jan 09 2024, 2:56 pm

This is the way all group practices work. You don't know who will be on call for delivery.

Sebastian

Tue, Jan 09 2024, 2:57 pm

Dr roman is a she. She does most of the deliveries I think. Tal is semi reyired at this point

amother

Clover

Tue, Jan 09 2024, 9:26 pm

Sebastian wrote:

Dr roman is a she. She does most of the deliveries I think. Tal is semi reyired at this point

Dr hazavei is back from maternity leave and doing deliveries again and dr selenga started doing deliveries so no guarantee ull have dr roman…u can also end up w shirley whose the midwife…

amother

Mulberry

Wed, Jan 10 2024, 12:23 am

I use the practice and had a baby very recently.
First of all, if you get induced after being a week overdue or more , you can choose your dr . As in, you can choose to be induced the day Dr Roman is there.
Second, I just had Salanga by my delivery. It was an induction so I was supposed to have Dr Roman but last minute it was Salanga, She was great BH.
I personally like Dr Roman, but all the doctors in the group are great.
About Dr Tal, he’s Israeli. Enough said lol

amother

Mulberry

Wed, Jan 10 2024, 12:24 am

Dr Tal is still doing deliveries and he was on call during my hospital stay

amother

Wed, Jan 10 2024, 2:08 pm

Thank you everyone for your help.

I was never yet overdue, so I don't think I'll be able to pick a day based on induction.

If I don't know who is on call is it worthwhile for me to try to get an appointment with Dr. Roman if I anyway can't request for her to deliver me?

What do I need to know about the other doctors? Am I ok with anyone delivering me (as far as medically goes). I'm hearing that Dr. Tal might be a bit rough but is still medically very reliable.

Anything else?

amother

Hibiscus

Wed, Jan 10 2024, 2:29 pm

They do a lot of intervention in general.

amother

Wandflower

Wed, Jan 10 2024, 2:30 pm

amother OP wrote:

What are you looking for in a dr?

amother

Wed, Jan 10 2024, 2:40 pm

medically competent I.e. safe delivery minimal stitches etc. is most important

nice is an added bonus

amother

Mocha

Wed, Jan 10 2024, 2:51 pm

Dr tal delivered all of my kids , one recently. I found him to be amazing and calm by deliveries unlike office appointments where his Israeli personality comes out. I found this past pregnancy that’s he’s actually mellowed compared to my previous kids. He is a very good doctor. I like seeing Dr Roman for visits but it is hard to get her but starting in my 6 month or so I was able to get her a few times. I rotated my last few appointments will all the doctors that way they all saw me recently before the birth. For my first couple appointments I only saw the NPs.

Orangehead

Wed, Jan 10 2024, 4:07 pm

Dr Tal is Amazing. He is not rough at all. He is very well skilled. I never had a bad encounter with him.

amother

Mauve

Wed, Jan 10 2024, 4:16 pm

Dr Tal seems so old. Does that impact his thinking and quick decision making during delivery?

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