Not that I know of. I guess the rationale is if her urine is dilute she's 
trying to dilute out the drugs in her system so she's not caught. The logic 
is flawed but I'm sure some people drink a lot of water to fool the system. 
There's nothing she or a lab can do to fix this unless she drinks less. Rock 
and a hard place. She needs to drink to avoid dehydration but then she can't 
use her breastmilk.
I'm not aware anemia will cause overly dilute urine.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duret, Anne" <[log in to unmask]>
 Recovered addict who had one relapse at 34 weeks gestation.  Baby removed 
at hospital and is in foster care.
> DHS is requiring her to do random UA's (urinalysis) and although they have 
> all been negative, two or three have come back dilute which they regard as 
> positive.  For this reason, they are not allowing her to give the pumped 
> milk to the foster parent, nor to breastfeed at visits.  She is in 
> treatment currently and feels the urine is dilute because of the large 
> quantities of water she is drinking.
>
> Her question to me is how can she avoid a dilute UA?  She was told to stop 
> drinking so much water but she states she gets dehydrated quickly with all 
> the pumping.  Is this related to her anemia at all?  Is there a way for 
> the lab to lower the threshold, or read the sample in a different way?  Is 
> this something her doctor can intervene on?  She's not intentionally 
> trying to alter the UA's and very much wants to be able to breastfeed and 
> provide milk for this 7#14  angel who has gone through some s/s withdrawal 
> in foster care.

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