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Are you an expecting mother?
If you would like one of The Pediatric Center's pediatricians to be your baby's doctor,
you can simply tell the staff on the obstetrics floor at New Hanover Regional Medical Center when you check in that you want
Dr. Edwards, Dr. Player, or Dr. Jackson for your pediatrician. Your baby will actually be assigned to us before
he or she is ever born! When you do deliver, your baby will appear on our rounding list automatically in the hospital
data base that we access frequently from the office or home. The nurses will also call us to let us know of about our
newest patient. We round in the nursery up to three times a day, so we check on babies frequently. If it is the
middle of the night or the weekend, they will contact the on-call physician. We will still be the ones that see your new baby the next business day. We also offer a New Mom Class once a month,
where we go over what will happen in the hospital and cover the first two weeks of home life with a new little bundle
of joy in the house! Our new patients love the class, have less anxiety about having a new baby, and have a chance
to meet their pediatrician before they deliver. To sign
up for a new mom class, call our office during business hours at (910) 762-2651 for upcoming dates.
Is your child sick? Yes, they can be seen by a doctor today!
Babies and children can get sick at any moment. That's life. And
that's why we have an open scheduling system with two pediatricians in the office all day long. That means
we don't turn away sick patients because you don't have a scheduled appointment. After you are an established patient
at The Pediatric Center, we will always see you the same day your child becomes sick, whether it's morning or afternoon!
We encourage you to please call first and make an appointment before you come. Our
sick-visit scheduling is similar to Disney's Fastpass tickets for riding their most popular attractions.
We can give you an approximate appointment time to significantly reduce your child's wait time. Just like Disney's Fastpass,
this prevents everyone from showing up at once and decreases the wait times for everyone. Some days your wait is zero,
others it may be longer. Our goal is to have you in and out of the office in under an hour even on our busiest days.
Our posted business hours are 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday, and lunch is daily from
12:00 noon to 2:00 PM. However, we often work through lunch and late into the day until everyone is seen!
Please call first to let us know you are coming if you wish to make an appointment during regular business hours.
Are you new to town and need a new pediatrician? Wilmington is a rapidly growing area due to our vibrant economy, our quality of life, and our proximity to the coast.
Due to the recent surge in Wilmington's pediatric population, we are currently not accepting new patients except newborns.
In the future, we may reopen to new patients other than newborns, so keep checking back.
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