In a message dated 3/29/02 3:07:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > However I > am interested to know if any of your institutions are actually > allowing/educating/encouraging women on methadone to breastfeed, and if you > are, what kind of policies or 'consent' forms you use (if any). > We do allow moms to breastfeed. I don't remember specifically what doses moms were on (we don't have too many). The final call is up to the pediatrician & the mom, but we use AAP recommendations & Hale's Meds & Moms Milk as reference. No consents used. Treated like any other medication that mom is on. Laura Hart Winter Park, Florida *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html