Propaganda Debunking

and had a baby, the town pediatrician called in all the women who had just had babies that month and gave us many wonderful, helpful suggestions about raising our children. I remember one rather funny but useful piece of advice she gave. (Remember, this was in Austria where women at the time were extremely meticulous housekeepers -- very, very, very neat and made me feel absolutely horrible about my own messiness.) She said if your baby starts to tear something, just give him or her a newspaper to tear up.

She also told us that our babies were born at a specific time when they would barely be six when the first year of school and barely three when the first year of Austrian kindergarten started and that if we wanted to make sure our babies succeeded in school, we should consider waiting a year so that they would be more mature when they started first grade. I took that advice, and when we came to America, my youngest daughter made up the time by skipping a grade. But that advice was just wonderful. It permitted my daughter to develop a lot of self-confidence that she would not have had (in my opinion) had she been sent to kindergarten and school a year earlier on schedule.

So, "group visit to a doctor" can mean extra services. I never was expected to discuss personal matters with my doctor in front of other people. That's not what it means.

It would be for example, a discussion of good healthcare during the prenatal period, or special diabetes issues, weight loss, or something like that.