Medical/Breastfeeding Bracelet

[adoremybabe]

I got to thinking yesterday.....

Many people wear bracelet to warn medical professional about their personal health conditions. Are there bracelets for nursing mothers to wear? My reasoning behind this is, in case of an emergency, I don't want to be administered any meds that will prohibit me from nursing my baby. Unless of course these meds are a matter of life or death.

Has anyone ever heard of a nursing mom wearing a bracelet? I just visited a site to create your own medical bracelet and the buyer creates their own engraving. I suppose one could be created for a nursing mom that way.

Is this a wierd idea?

[hipmummy]

I have thought about this multiple times. When ds was or below I had a tag in the carseat and stroller that said do not feed me formula there is breastmilk in my freezer. Just in case we were in an accident and there was a lapse in time betwween dh getting there as he takes a train he is at the schedules mercy. I wrote it on stickers on his carseat and on his winter jackets as well. I also made my intentions known on my health care proxy and my living will. Dh and my mother knew they would have to pump me if i was to slip into a coma or if i dued I would want ds to have donor milk. It is a such a grim subject but you never know.

[YummyYarnAddict]

Not an odd idea at all. It's noted in both my medical records and at the pharmacy I use that I'm breastfeeding (right after the allergy information) so that any doc who prescribes any med for me gets the alert that pops up as soon as they add the information to my electronic medical record and it's double checked at the pharmacy. I've had the LCs called to run meds by Hale's a couple of times before scripts have been called into the pharmacy.

I also have a MedicAlert bracelet and while it doesn't state that I'm breastfeeding, when medical personnel call to get my info (because personal info like your name and emergency contact isn't on the bracelet itself) they will be told that I'm breastfeeding along with the meds I'm on and my doctors' names, insurance, etc.

[nevaehsmommy]

How many medicines/procedures are truly not nursing friendly, that would be done in emergency situations?

I also had my living will record the fact that if I was lactating the baby was to be put to breast or I was to be pumped in the event I was not able to be aware.

I have seen the medical alert bracelets where you can write in your own information.

[RoadWorkAhead]

My feeling is that if I am not conscious enough to tell them myself that I am a breastfeeding mother, its probably a serious enough situation to warrant the administration of whatever medication is necessary, and they probably aren't going to be able to stop at that moment and check Hales. Once I'm conscious, I can tell them that I want nothing that would interfere.

[Momily]

I'm pretty sure that medic-alert would let you put whatever you want on a bracelet.

However, I'm also pretty sure that they can only do life-saving procedures on you without the permission of your next of kin if you're unconscious.

I think then giving you baby something when you're unconscious (e.g. if in a car accident and baby's uninjured) but even that is unlikely without them calling that person. That person (presumably DH if you're married) can say "don't feed". If they can't reach DH they wouldn't be able to access the milk in the freezer anyway.

Maybe a better idea would be to get bracelets, etc . . . with a bunch of emergency phone numbers so that the likelihood you of you being unconscious without them speaking to a family member is slight.

[elmh23]

Honestly, if I'm unconscience and can't tell someone that I'm breastfeeding, then I don't give a damn what they give me as long as I'm alive in the end.

My daughter wears a bracelet because she's allergic to peanuts and soy. Even though she's rarely away from me, my husband or her grandparents, she has a bracelet in case we're in a car accident. My biggest fear in life is actually someone not knowing she's allergic and feeding her a PB&J.