Thanks Dr. Wight, I appreciate the clarification! One additional note on Renee's post re: military- Not all branches and facilities consistantly reemburse for breastpumps for NICU moms at this time- it's something that's being worked on but it can still be hit or miss and if it's a miss, the families are out of pocket. My suggestion is that ANY facility that provides services to military beneficiaries always call and verify what their policy is BEFORE renting a pump if you expect military reembursement. Otherwise all families should be warned at the time of rental that these costs may come out of their pocket and for some of the junior enlisted, this could be a financial hardship. Often times, there may be a limit on the time rental approval is given for, so families need us all to be very good about checking the coverage before we rent. Here at Madigan Army Medical Center( WA). we have different services for lactation and pumps than say Texas Army facilities and different than the local Air Force or Navy facilities...( though we have been lucky enough here in WA to have all service branches work together and try to provide continuity of care) But this is a big issue that is being looked at service wide to improve and support our families *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html