I am in private practice and have received a letter from a law  firm 
requesting all medical records and itemized receipts for a client who I saw  about a 
month ago.  I am not sure how to handle this.  I just called  the mom and she 
said, "Oh yes, I am giving you verbal permission to send them  all the records. 
I am suing the driver who hit me"  Apparently she was in  an auto accident 
when she was still pregnant, went into premature labor at 35  weeks and was told 
by some poorly informed person that she "would not be able to  breastfeed 
because the baby would be too weak to suck at the breast and would  only be able 
to take a bottle."  So, when I saw her, she was using a nipple  shield, baby 
was gaining and growing appropriately at 2.5 mos.   I  showed her how to wean 
from shield, how to use different positions, and made  some other appropriate 
recommendations for increasing the amount that the baby  was getting at a 
feeding. Faxed report to doc, care plan to her and did not  hear back till now.   
Is this okay for me to do?  Doesn't feel  quite right... Thanks, Ann
 
Ann  Conlon-Smith, IBCLC 
Triangle Lactation Consultants 
_www.trianglelactation.com_ (http://www.trianglelactation.com/) 


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