I had a similar experience as the previous poster with Dr. Bebe Han as far as vaccinations.  He gave a brief spiel about the benefits of vax and the risks of choosing not to vax, but didn’t make me feel bad about it.  My only concern with him is for women considering extended breastfeeding b/c he told me my 18 month old son was no longer getting any nutritional benefits from my breastmilk even though he did acknowledge the importance of the emotional bonding taking place.  I’ve read enough that I knew better but for someone on the fence it might discourage them from continuing breastfeed.

If you have a Preferred Provider list I’d encourage you to call and check with the receptionist about their vaccination policies to save time.  I heard about one place in Rio Rancho, can’t remember the name, where you have to sign something as a new patient saying you understand that there are no compromises allowed on vaccinating and you will follow the doctor’s orders. 

 Dr. Kaufman does not vax, though he is not a pediatrician if that makes a difference for you.

There’s also Dr. Raul Griegos, who is also an MD. I think his office hours are limited, but am not sure. He is also a homeopath.

Hopefully others will have suggestions….

Angie

One more point: As a Southern woman, I am highly suspicious of the article’s conclusion–based, it seems, on statistics drawn from medical communities in ALABAMA and VIRGINIA–that doulas are routinely in conflict with health care professionals and hospital staff.  This seems to lay the blame for the conflict at the feet of doulas in these places, with no consideration of whether the medical communities at issue have grown to accept doula practice and natural birth as legitimate approaches to a shared end.  Without drawing a whole lot of baseless conclusions about Alabama and Virginia, I would say that based on my own experience researching the natural birth resources in Tennessee (where I might have given birth to my son had he come two weeks earlier than he did), there was a whole different set of expectations than we have here in New Mexico.  Unfortunately, I think the Times article does more to undermine the stature of doula practice in those places, where doulas and natural birth are struggling to achieve acceptance, where a more even-handed approach might have celebrated the progress that doulas have made in bridging the gap between natural birth and the conventional medical approach.  By my own choice, I had an unmedicated birth in the hospital setting, and was struck by the harmony achieved by the various participants in that experience, including my doula, nurse midwife, nurses, pediatric staff, and other hospital staff.  With ever-increasing doula involvement nationwide (stats referenced in the article), I can only imagine that the "conflicts" described in the article will decrease as the idea takes root.

So what happened in NY?  Maybe that mother went with a doula just because she heard about it from friends but didn’t do her research on a doula with a personality she would be comfortable with .   

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/fashion/02doula.html?ref=fashion