Deena, I'm impressed as anything that you are able to get extra hospital time approved for babies that are not feeding. Must be a difference in states, or doctor's assertiveness, because that's not what happens here. The standard answer we seem to get when we've approached the insurance company is that if baby is unable to breastfeed, then give it a bottle. Occasionally we've gotten an extra day approved for a baby that's a preemie or has some other medical problem that can be documented, but then mom gets discharged. Never have any of them allowed mom & baby to remain together. We've also had it go the other way--a mom with medical problems who has to stay but her nursing baby is forced to be discharged. It's a crazy world here in my part of Wisconsin. Becky Krumwiede, RN, IBCLC [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask]