Argh, what an awful experience! Dr. Cohen was recommended and, being new to town, I took my baby there for his two-month check up. What a mistake. Being new parents and because our son was in NICU when he was born we had several questions we had written down for our first visit. Dr. Cohen breezed over all of our questions, not giving depth to any of his answers and dismissed most as ?nothing to worry about?. He casually threw out that our son would ?just go see a specialist when he was older? for his penile adhesion rather than giving us proactive things we could do now to help prevent adhesions. He apologized twice for being so rushed saying he ?must have had too much coffee this morning? and yet continued the exam at record pace to get us out the door. Once he weighed our son and saw that he had corrected himself from his 99th percentile birth weight, he promptly concluded that I wasn?t making enough milk and loaded us down with three cans of formula over my strenuous objections. For those mothers who breastfeed, you know how hard those first few months can be and to have someone literally shoving formula into your hands as ?the only solution? for taking care of your baby is disappointing to say the least. Thankfully, I called La Leche League and they suggested I meet with a lactation consultant at a nearby hospital. I did and it was *awesome*. No more tears and I left that meeting with a breast pump rental and a well thought out plan for the next month to ensure that our baby was getting enough to eat and I could continue to breastfeed.
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