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Re: WIC and NICU moms
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Gina Gerboth <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:58:43 -0700
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I am curious as to what the justification would be to deny pumps to
women who only have cell phones or who are taking Methadone? Does a
land line guarantee a higher level of accountability? How? I suppose
that pay-as-you go phones are easy to obtain, but in my experience a
cell plan requires just as much paperwork as a land line? And
methadone is not contraindicated for breastfeeding mothers
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17478871?dopt=AbstractPlus), so
why would you deny pumps to women who want to breastfeed their sick
infants? Surely, women whose babies are in the NICU are easier to
track down than those whose babies have been discharged?

I'm just perplexed, and trying to understand the concerns. I
understand the WIC population has a unique set of challenges, but I'm
not clear how these two examples add to the challenge.

Gina, landlineless in Colorado

--
Gina Gerboth, Intern Midwife, IBCLC
Pueblo, Colorado

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Mary Collins <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I would love to  hear from the WIC LC's regarding their pump policies for their NICU moms.  Particularly those moms that do not have a land line(just a cell phone) and those that are on Methadone.  Do you deny these moms access to the WIC pumps in particular?
>
> Thank you.  I look forward to hearing from you.
>
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