Nutriprem 2 ready made on prescription?

brownbabygirl

LondonDiva wrote: »

According to the OP, she IS already getting the milk on presccription, but in powdered format. However, she wants to have a more expensive ready made liquid form for convinience when she's out and about.

There's no reason for the OP not to make up the powdered milk herself and take it with her - this is where the NHS has money poured down the drain because people cannot differentiate between 'want v need'; although a perfectly acceptable format is there, the OP does not feel able to spare time to prep, not that the OP's child has a clinical or oher actual need for this more expensive format.

actually NP2 cannot be prepped beforehand. the nature of our trip next week (only) would make the ready made more hygenic to have. i have since tracked it down on ebay anyway. none of my local pharmacy had it.

Cherry_Bomb

debsue wrote: »

I think that you are lucky to have baby milk on prescription at all.

I think you're lucky to be this stupid yet still manage to get out of bed in the morning without hurting yourself.
I mean really prem babies? Really?? Why not go the whole hog and complain about cancer patients receiving free prescriptions.

OP when we first brought DS home we we're given a few days worth of the ready made stuff but never allowed it on repeat. After that ran out it was the the usual powder format we were given.
Is there a particular reason you want to ready made milk or is it just to make life easier?

Edit ah sorry OP I was typing this as you posted your reply above!

brownbabygirl

hi cherry please see my post above.

daska

LondonDiva wrote: »

According to the OP, she IS already getting the milk on presccription, but in powdered format. However, she wants to have a more expensive ready made liquid form for convinience when she's out and about.

There's no reason for the OP not to make up the powdered milk herself and take it with her - this is where the NHS has money poured down the drain because people cannot differentiate between 'want v need'; although a perfectly acceptable format is there, the OP does not feel able to spare time to prep, not that the OP's child has a clinical or oher actual need for this more expensive format.

Actually there's a very good reason why she shouldn't. She has a premature baby. Hence the prescription for Nutriprem. In fact, because powdered formula is known not to be sterile and pathogens have been found in unopened cans it's actually recommended that ready made sterile liquid formula is used in preference to powder, especially for premature babies who are more vulnerable than average. And for that matter NO formula is supposed to be made-up in advance.

Perhaps mother's who don't prepare formula properly should be charged for wasting NHS resources if their babies end up in hospital due to gastroenteritis - 5 times more common in bottle fed babies than breast fed, probably because so many people don't take the risks seriously.

shazza40

my granddaughter was prem, daughter was able to get ready mixed and powder formula. depended on pharmacy some stock.

debsue

brownbabygirl wrote: »

yikes you seem actually envious i get free milk?

Whilst I am sorry to hear that your baby was early and am pleased that he/she is doing well. I am by no means envious that your milk is free and I do not feel that my post was nasty, I was stating a fact. The NHS is strapped for cash and whilst the milk you have for your baby is a "necessity", ready made formula is a luxery. I really am not jealous nor envious as the milk that nourished my babies was also free.

debsue

Cherry_Bomb wrote: »

I think you're lucky to be this stupid yet still manage to get out of bed in the morning without hurting yourself.
I mean really prem babies? Really?? Why not go the whole hog and complain about cancer patients receiving free prescriptions.

Now who is being nasty? Not only am I able to get out of bed in the morning I do so to go to my very demanding and responsible jub. The comment regarding cancer patients, I find very insulting as you may need to know that many cancer patients do not get their prescriptions free. Had the OP's baby been born just 3 or 4 weeels later she would have to find the finaces to buy her milk. whilst I have agreed with the OP that the powered milk should be available without charge, the ready made formula is a luxery and should not be made available on demand for free.. Now excuse me as at 05.45 I have to go to work to pay my taxes to allow lots of people the luxery of surfing the net all day.

nonnatus

OP, you asked a question on a PUBLIC discussion forum so should be unsurprised when, along with the answer you are looking for, some people post their points of view and alternative opinions. They have taken the time to read your post and people can't just read something without having an emotional reaction to what is written.
All that wittering to say - you read a reply and took it to be nasty (and I don't think it was) and opened both barrels yourself .

Do you know the retail price of the ready made cartons of prem milk? And roughly how many you would need over the next 6 months? Maybe you could use that information to argue your case?

Good Luck

Nicki

I can understand that the milk might be prescription only, and that the OP might sometimes find ready made cartons to be more convenient. What I am struggling a little with though, is why OP cannot ask her GP to write a private prescription for some ready made formula, and pay herself for a few cartons if the GP won't prescribe it on an NHS script?

Before, I get the rifles turned on me, whilst I didn't have a prem baby, I did have one with a severe intolerance to breast and standard formula milk, who was on a prescription only formula for a year. It never once occurred to me to ask my GP to prescribe it in ready made cartons, or even to check if it came that way, and if I ran out when I was away from home on holiday for example, then I organised a private script and paid for it myself more than once.

Whilst nutriprem like other milks needs to be made fresh, why can OP not do what other parents do and take a sterile bottle and a flask of boiling water out with her together with the milk powder, and make it as she needs it? Lots of us who have had to bottlefeed newborn or delicate babies, have found ways to sterilise equipment when travelling, so I don't really understand the "hygiene" comment, and if the worst comes to the worst it is possible to buy prepacked sterile empty bottles from Boots and other chemists, which are one use, so these could be used if OP genuinely will be somewhere where she can't plug in a steriliser or soak her bottles in Milton.

hermanmunster_3

Nutriprem 200mls are about £2.50 each over the counter. Current practice is to change to normal formula at 6 months corrected age (babe is 6 weeks prem) or earlier if optimal growth rate reached.