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Medicaid should cover lactation services provided by a non-physician IBCLC. When I gave birth, I did everything I was told when it came to breastfeeding my healthy baby. I asked for extra help because I felt like her latch wasn’t right but the hospitals LC stuck her finger in baby’s mouth and I was assured she was eating enough. I wanted to get a second opinion with a local IBCLC who was highly recommended, but we have Medicaid, and there are no options available.
When we got home on baby’s first day, she seemed to be doing as well as in the hospital, but she was rapidly dropping weight(she was 9.4!) and not going through very many diapers. The lactation specialist at the hospital told be over the phone, that she was fine as long as she kept having that small but steady output, and nursed as often as baby wanted. The morning of her first appointment, she barely could wake up. She didn’t seem to want to breastfeed, but I tried that and a bottle of my milk anyway. We got to the doctor and she couldn’t get her to eat either. She was nearly unresponsive, even to pain stimuli she didn’t flinch. We rushed her to the children’s hospital where she was the ‘sickest child in the ER waiting room.’ They gave me a pump and bottles to try to sustain her while waiting hours for a room, since her heart and oxygen were no concern. When they admitted her and get her blood checked(which took 10minutes, 5 sites, and tons of poking and squeezing to get enough) they said she was severely dehydrated and depleted of essential nutrients.
3 days we had to stay in PICU, pumping, force feeding, supplementing, and weighing diapers, while my newborn recovered from what easily could’ve been prevented by the support and thorough guidance of a professional IBCLC. Instead of having the readily available help with baby’s latch with a very slight tongue tie issue, we had that hospital stay, followed by ENT appointments weeks later. In the meantime I had reached out and begged for help from other moms who had initial issues feeding their brand new babies with even severe tie issues, and they taught me what their IBCLCs had taught them from the start. That’s what saved my baby. I needed that from the start. Our insurance wouldn’t help. Every mother and every baby needs that help.
Samantha supported: Urge Medicaid to Cover and Reimburse IBCLC-Provided Lactation ServicesWithout this service I wouldn’t have been able to breastfeed for as long as I did! Very sad that it’s not covered anymore
jeslynn supported: Restore Breastfeeding Support Coverage for Families with Blue Cross Blue Shield in MississI wouldn’t have had success breastfeeding my baby without lactation consultant services, nor would I have caught a clogged milk duct that could have resulted in serious illness. Breastfeeding and overall lactation care is crucial health care.
Lynn supported: Restore Breastfeeding Support Coverage for Families with Blue Cross Blue Shield in MississThis is affecting so many Mississippi families. Most teachers firemen and police officers have Blue Cross Blue Shield as insurance. Blue Cross Blue Shield does not cover out of Hospital lactation services. It may not seem like a huge deal but most in Hospital lactation Consultants don't have the vast knowledge pass day four or five after baby is born. As a international board certified lactation consultant I deal with extremely complex issues with moms and or babies. I also take the time to spend over 90 minutes watching a baby feed and and helping with any major difficulties the baby or mom is having. This also has affected my business. 80% of my clientele with Blue Cross Blue shield. And without them paying for visits I will potentially have to close my doors.
Maranda supported: Restore Breastfeeding Support Coverage for Families with Blue Cross Blue Shield in MississTo the decision makers at BCBS, I urge you to reconsider coverage for lactation support. Lactation support in the hospital is simply not enough to have a successful breastfeeding journey for most moms. If none of you have breastfed before, I know it’s hard to understand why would we need this care but, trust me, as a professional engineer mom, who overanalyzes every purchase, this is one I’d make without question. My daughter was having issues with her lips turning blue while nursing and my LC was able to identify a lip tie that no one in the hospital saw. I was super fortunate to have this service. This is the most vulnerable time in a woman’s life and we need all the help we can get.
Rachael supported: Restore Breastfeeding Support Coverage for Families with Blue Cross Blue Shield in MississChildcare costs too much and the state wants my disabled above the knee amputee husband to return to work to even be able to have healthcare. Our daughter is 3 I can’t afford to pay $2400 a month for childcare… so my husband is staying home to help offset that cost… while I work my butt off to try to stay afloat… Beginning of 2023 when my husband got sick we lost 3/4 of our income and then inflation hit… I work as much as I can at my main job and then I take care of my family at home and then I have my photography business that I tried to start 3 months before my husband got sick but I only brought in 38,000 this year… and with my husband losing his insurance with the coming of this next year he is losing IRIS so I will be losing caregiver compensation so my family is going to be losing $1200 a month… so I am hugely stressed right now… especially on how I am even just going to be able to keep a roof over my families heads when that is literally what I pay for rent every month… but we make too much to get help but also don’t make enough to get any help.
Lacey supported: Improve Family Support: Mandated Maternity/Paternity Leave and Lower Child Care CostsYou’re not alone — a community of supporters is ready to back you.
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