We met with the doctor on Wednesday evening.
As I mentioned before, this was a meet and greet session to give us the opportunity to 'interview' the person who will be responsible for the health of our boy. It's a big decision, and we need to know that the person that we choose is someone that we like, that we feel is competent, and that we feel will always have the best interests of our child at heart.
We ended up spending about an hour chatting with the doctor. He was very interested to hear all about our boy and our lives, and seemed very knowledgeable. He knows all about Crohn's, and has certainly heard about the medications that Alise is taking.
One of the biggest questions that we have in relation to Crohn's is that of breastfeeding. There is little information out there about the chance of the medication transferring to the baby through milk, and it has left us both a little nervous. Alise would like to breastfeed and I support this decision 100%, but we both aware and wary of the risks that this may pose. The latest research that Alise has uncovered about this is that it is probably safe, and baby should just be monitored to ensure that no harm is coming to him.
This is where the doctor excelled, in my eyes. He told us that his priority is for the health of the child, but that he understands our desire to breastfeed. He told us that he would talk with colleagues and do more research himself, before coming back to us with his recommendation. He seem like the kind of doctor who would much rather tell us the right thing over the thing that'll make us happy, which is really one of the qualities that I prefer in my medical homies. This doctor can stay.
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