Oops - forgot about the boarder-moms: those discharged but stay over if a room is available when babe stays in the NICU.
They are on their own for food and drink. Often they get a cooler chest from home. It's only on Peds that trays are provided. 
In my "perfect world" holpitals would follow the Tenet of: Feed the Mother, Let Mother Feed the Baby.
But that costs $$. Boarding is only done if babe needs to stay 1-2 days. Or it's right before discharge of a baby who has been in NICU for an extended time. Again, mom brings her own or brings $$ for the cafeteria.
Phyllis

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Our hospital does not. The mom's are discharged, but can be boarder-moms as
long as a room is available.  They are responsible for their own care and
food. The courtesy the hosp. offers is the room.

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Jojomari818 <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Currently I am on a team that needs me to ask the following question -
> unless you feel your response is beneficial to the group you can reply to
> me privately.
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> For hospitals in the USA, specifically the NICU's, does the hospital
> provide meals in any way for the mom's that are breastfeeding/providing
> breastmilk? To be more specific, this would be the mom's that are no longer
> in-patients themselves and what my group really wants to know is; if this
> is done, how is it funded?
> Thanks Much, Jodie Drum RN, IBCLC & at work in Washington, D.C
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