skip to content

• home
• about us
• contact us
• more help
• products
• message boards
• infertility
• recurrent miscarriage
• breastfeeding
• parenting

Search:

Ask Lenore message boards

Trouble with the message boards? Please let use know.
Write [email protected]

The asklenore.info message board is free!
There are no fees to join us or to use the boards.

Register Log In home Forums Induced Lactation aka Adoptive Breastfeeding Natural Methods to Induce Lactation/Increase Milk Supply Insurance coverage for breastpump?

Forums Calendar Active Threads

Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Insurance coverage for breastpump? #9943 10/05/07 01:52 AM Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 72 B bbyfaith OP member OP bbyfaith member B Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 72 Anyone out there successfully get their insurance company to cover a hospital-grade breastpump for an adoption before baby had arrived? I'm hoping to do this, but unsure whether it'll work, or whether they'll laugh at me! 1year on regular protocol. Nursing/pumping for one month for our sweet girl!! Copy Link to Clipboard

Re: Insurance coverage for breastpump? bbyfaith #9944 10/05/07 02:04 AM Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 72 B bbyfaith OP member OP bbyfaith member B Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 72 Nevermind..I just found a bulletin from my insurance online stating that a breastpump is not medically necessary unless I have a baby with a congenital malformation and then only for one month, or if I have a preemie. It was a good thought!! 1year on regular protocol. Nursing/pumping for one month for our sweet girl!!

Copy Link to Clipboard

Re: Insurance coverage for breastpump? bbyfaith #9945 10/05/07 02:18 PM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,785 Idaho Lalle extra helpful experienced member
Lalle extra helpful experienced member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,785 Idaho	Well, that stinks. Laurie~Craig's wife~Mom to 4 blessings nurtured at the breast CJ(24)Travis(21)Beka~adopted(9)Rab(6)

Re: Insurance coverage for breastpump? Lalle #9947 10/05/07 07:12 PM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 101 S Second experienced member
Second experienced member S Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 101	I spoke to a lactation consultant in Arizona. She said most insurance plans in this state won't cover pumps for adoption. BC/BS will cover breast pump for premies as DME (durable medical equipment.) However, there is a limit they will pay for DME. So, if you elect a breast pump and your baby is discharged on oxygen, you may have to pay for the oxygen if you used up your DME amount on the breastpump.

Re: Insurance coverage for breastpump? Second #9953 10/07/07 08:30 PM
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,347 Canada L Lenore extra helpful experienced member
Lenore extra helpful experienced member L Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,347 Canada	Hi Ladies, If you purchase a Limerick, it's rated multi user so you can sell it to another mom near you or on ebay when you're done. Just a thought.... Best, Lenore Lenore Goldfarb, Ph.D.,CCC,IBCLC Wife to Rob, Mom to Adam aged 13, and Ethan aged 9, both born via GS and breastfed via Regular Newman-Goldfarb Protocol.

If you value this service, kindly consider a donation to the Canadian Breastfeeding Foundation (registered charity). Earmark the donation for the International Breastfeeding Centre (Newman Breastfeeding Clinic) and/or the Goldfarb Breastfeeding Program.

Donate online: canadahelps.org

© 2002-2019 Dr. Lenore Goldfarb, PhD, CCC, IBCLC, ALC and contributing authors to AskLenore.info. All rights reserved.

Disclaimer: All material provided in asklenore.info is provided for educational purposes only. Consult your physician regarding the advisability of any opinions or recommendations with respect to your individual situation.

top