Hi there. Please ask for  a reply to the list also. Although we are happy
to help, Lactnet is mainly a discussion group, and with a bunch of things
going directly to the poster, the discussion thread is lost.

Many thanks. Kathleen

At 08:11 PM 1/15/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I cannot find anything in the archives on this issue. We have a Mom from
>our clinic who is 3 weeks postpartum who needs a CT scan with contrast
>of Iodine 123 or Optiray (sp?-notes not home here with me). This is not
>a radioactive Iodine. The policy of the hospital is to have the Mom pump
>and dump for 48 hours after the procedure to avoid the possibility of an
>allergy in the infant to the Iodine. The Mom is willling to do that but
>must first save up enough so she does not have to give formula. This
>will entail her putting off the CT scan (which was ordered because of a
>solid mass found on abdominal ultrasound months ago during her
>pregnancy). She has seen the surgeon who ordered the CT scan.
>
>It seems that 48 hours is a long time, given that some radioactive
>Iodine half-lives require a much less time of discarding the milk.   Is
>it really necessary to pump and dump? Is this common procedure? Mary
>Douma , if you are there, this baby is a patient the child health
>clinic. Can you help? And Tom Hale, what do you think?  Then the problem
>is getting the hospital to make an exception to their policy.
>
>Please e-mail me privately in addition to the list as i am NOMAIL right now.
>
>Thanks
>Cindy Church
>Brrrrrrr in Lansing MI
>
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